Just before Thanksgiving, my best friend Aimee found a lump in her breast. By Christmas, she received the life-altering diagnosis: Stage 2 Triple Negative Breast Cancer — one of the most aggressive and difficult types to treat.

Since then, Aimee has faced every moment of this journey with quiet strength and determination. She’s undergoing aggressive chemotherapy to shrink the tumor before a double mastectomy. She’s gone neutropenic several times and now has to make up to four trips a week to the cancer center for treatments, blood transfusions, and growth factor injections.

What most people don’t see is how hard it’s been just getting there. Aimee’s car is old and barely holding on. The constant driving has pushed it past its limits — it’s broken down multiple times and left her stranded more than once. Still, she pushes through, because that’s who she is.

Aimee is fiercely independent — almost to a fault. She would never ask for help herself, which is why I’m asking on her behalf.

She’s the kind of person who shows up for everyone else, never wanting to burden anyone. But right now, she needs a little support. We’re raising $10,000 to help her get a safe, dependable vehicle so she can keep showing up for her life-saving treatments without the stress or danger of unreliable transportation. Any extra funds will help cover related expenses like insurance, registration, or emergency rides on days when she’s too weak to drive.

Aimee is full of life, hope, and quiet resilience — even in the face of cancer. If you can donate, it will mean more than you know. And if you’re not in a place to give, please consider sharing her story. Every share brings her closer to safety and healing.

Thank you for helping carry her through this part of the journey.

With gratitude,

Amber Lyn