Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation

My mother Loreen was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Aug 2022 after finding a lump in her armpit earlier in 2022, and by the time she was diagnosed, it had already metastasized into her liver and it just kept spreading before they could do anything. By Oct 2022, she was gone. It was so aggressive that I wasn't able to make it home from Vermont until she was already on life support. I was there when we said goodbye luckily.

Triple Negative Breast cancer is a very aggressive type of breast cancer with less treatment options, and is more likely to spread than other breast cancers. Once it becomes metastatic, the person generally has a 1.5-2 year life expectancy.

My mom Loreen was the most loving, caring, funny, incredibly kind woman you ever met. I get my love of animals from her, my love of tea, she's the reason I am always carrying a blanket around with me. My mom shaped me into who I am today and for that I am forever grateful. I get my smile from my mom, and how my eyes light up is from her. She loved cooking shows, and to cook and bake. I genuinely think she just loved deeper than anyone I ever met. Everyone she met, felt such a deep love that since she passed, is such a deep hole that can't be filled.

This fundraiser is meant to help the women(and men) affected and to further research to hopefully increase treatments and the life expectancy of those diagnosed. Loreen would want to make a difference and she did up until her very last day and I want her memory to make a difference.

So for those who read this far, smile like Loreen, laugh like Loreen and just love and live everyday like it's your last, laugh like Loreen and just be full of life. Her memory needs to always live on, and more people need to know her story.

Any money raised will be going directly to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation where they use funds to study and research ways to help those who are diagnosed and maybe even find a cure or a way to extend the life expectancy, create new treatments and they help women and families with support groups and whatever they may need.

Thank you,

Shayla

Dave and Heather Mosher met in 2015 doing what each of them loved most.  Dancing. 


They started dating and both quickly realized that they had found their other halves.  Their soulmates.  Dave knew that Heather was his Great Love. 

But on December 23, 2016 Heather was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a very aggressive type of cancer.  Unbeknownst to Heather, December 23, 2016 was also the day that Dave planned on proposing to her.

Undeterred and determined to walk through life with Heather, Dave proposed to her that very night under a streetlight while riding in a horse drawn carriage through their small Connecticut town.

For the next 365 days, Heather fought an incredibly fierce and courageous battle, determined to beat cancer and grow old with Dave, the love of her life.  Heather fought for that year, seeking treatments and second opinions, enduring grueling chemotherapy and radiation treatments while at the same time acting as “bonus mom” to Dave’s two young daughters.  


Through it all, Heather remained a beacon of light in this world and a pillar of unwavering faith and love.

As 2017 moved on, it became clear that despite her tenacity and bravery, Heather was losing her battle.  

On December 22, 2017 Heather’s greatest wish came true.  In front of her family and friends, as well as the doctors and nurses who had cared for her, Heather married Dave in the chapel of St. Francis hospital.

True to her never-quit, fighting spirit, Heather summoned the last bit of strength she possessed and she put on that beautiful ivory white wedding dress for Dave.  

Through the pain of a cancer-ravaged body; through the exhaustion of a year long battle, Heather struggled through the wedding and celebrated with her husband for her next, and final, 18 hours.  Heather Mosher’s last words were her wedding vows to her husband.





Heather’s positive attitude and never give up spirit will live on in the people she touched.


You can read Heather and Dave's story all across the web, including a few links here:
Heather's Story on People.com
Heather and Dave's Story on Today.com
Heather and Dave's Story on TheStar.com





Please consider showing your love, compassion, and support by making any donation you can afford to the Heather Mosher Memorial Fund.  All proceeds will be donated to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation in Heather’s memory.