“The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to
face facts and live beyond them.”
~D.H. Lawrence
I want to honor a hero, to honor
someone who was stronger than anyone I’ve ever known.
“Maybe that’s the real key to happiness –
not giving a damn,
laughing with those you love the most….
It’s almost like making them smile or
cheering them up or doing something sweet for them makes me feel more alive.
That’s
what it’s all about, I think – just loving on people.” ~ Kat Gorkavchuk
Tonight I will regretfully have the privilege
of attending the memorial service to celebrate Katya Gorkavchuk's remarkable 27 years on this
earth. I, like thousands of
others, had the privilege of being touched by her life and by her extraordinary story…
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| Katya Gorkavchuk 2/5/85 - 8/25/12 |
Even from the beginning this
hero had an amazing outlook on life. She was human through and through, with
the same emotions and fears as the next person, but she didn’t take life for granted.
“Now the trumpet summons
us again
– not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need;
not as a call to
battle, though embattled we are;
but a call to bear the burden of a long
twilight struggle,
year in and year out,
‘rejoicing in hope, patient in
tribulation’,
a struggle against the common enemies of man;
tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.”
~ John F. Kennedy
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