Our beloved friend, famously known as "Teacher Charlotte," has been given the devastating terminal diagnosis of Stage 4 breast cancer. She is walking this path with an incredible amount of clarity, widsom and grace, facing this head-on and accepting that her timeline has an end date that is sooner than any of us can deem imaginable.

There is a helpless feeling that comes with not being able to fix this. But there is one practical thing we can do to share our love and bring joy to the next stage of her journey. For many of us, our greatest wish is to help Charlotte fulfill her bucket list without having to think about the cost. Her time is precious, and complicated further with the small windows of time that she is less affected by her treatments. Kevin will be taking time away from work indefinitely to spend time and take care of Charlotte. Let's take one burden off their plates so they can focus on the more important things.

You are invited to contribute to this fund, letting Charlotte spend her time making memories full of the things she wants most: family, nature, friends, laughs, adventure, joy and LOVE.

I raise my hands and my heart to this bright spark, Ladner's own shooting star, who is teaching us so much about living.