Dani earned her wings yesterday as most know. I’ve thought about our conversations and how they changed over the years. From her blended family, her crafts , recipes and love of travel we shared a lot of interests. The girls grew up in front of us. I could always count on Dani’s memes to pull me out of a funk. I’ll miss her on so many levels. I wish her family moments of peace in the upcoming days.

This go fund me will now benefit Marc and the girls toward her celebration of life and what ever else they might need

Recently someone very important to me was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Dani is probably one of the strongest women I know. Her strength is reallly being tested now. A mom of five girls - so you know how important her care and recovery from this monster is. Two of her girls have recently gotten engaged. Her baby is a teen with many more milestones to go. On top of this while searching for a position with insurance to support this journey - her husband was let go when he told them he was needing to look elsewhere. He immediately got a job but insurance has not yet kicked in.His new job is three hours away so to add to it he’s now having to commute and rent a place to stay. Dani needs a ct scan asap to determine her treatment, so they are in limbo right now.

Yesterday ,Dani went public on Facebook. “This is something that I've been putting off making public on the book of face. I've only shared this with close friends and family. I've been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I guess I felt if I didn't tell everyone maybe it was just a bad dream and I'd wake up. But that's not reality. And I want to let people know in case something happens. I see people and they ask me how much more weight I'm going to lose and my heart breaks because I'm trying to gain weight because I'm losing so much and when I look in the mirror all I see is a skeleton. I barely weigh 100 lb at the moment. I'm scared, sad, some days I feel hopeless. Some days I don't have the physical or mental capacity to see or talk to anyone. I do plan to fight and I do try to be hopeful as much as I can. I have a wonderful family. And I want more than anything to be around to see them succeed and see the major life events in their lives. I'm not asking for anything from anyone. I just wanted to let all of you in the land of face know that I'm so thankful that I've gotten to know you all- through school, a job of some sort, in person, etc. Knowing every one of you is a gift. My in-laws got me this ring that says just breathe and it is a daily reminder to me to breathe and have hope. And the bracelet I'm wearing a very good friend sent me. It says you've got this in Morse code and I've kept it on everyday since she sent it to me as a reminder that I have to fight.”

Her fight will be easier without financial worries. She’s helped so many. Now we can give back.