More Life, Less Time — Help Me Make It Beautiful

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More Life, Less Time — Help Me Make It Beautiful

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Hi, I’m Heather.
I’m living with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer — and my life is not over.

Recently, my oncologist shared news no one wants to hear:
my time is likely shorter than we hoped.

I can’t control that.
But I can choose how I live the days I have left.

I want to fill them with joy, wonder, travel, love, magic, and memories that will comfort the hearts of the people who love me when I can no longer be here in person. ✨

This fundraiser isn’t about giving up.
It’s about living while I’m alive. ❤️

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My Bucket List of Living Fully 

United States 
⬜ New York City — Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty 
⬜ Niagara Falls — get sprayed by the falls 
⬜ Orlando — Universal Studios Harry Potter World 
⬜ Las Vegas — weekend of glitter & spectacle
⬜ Boston - see Dropkick Murphy’s perform on Saint Patrick’s Day

Ireland
 ⬜ Kiss the Blarney Stone
 ⬜ Visit Donegal
 ⬜ Drive through the countryside 
 ⬜ Giant’s Causeway

United Kingdom & Scotland 
⬜ Edinburgh — ancient stone & Scottish vibes  
⬜ Stonehenge — witness Celtic magic 
⬜ London — Harry Potter Studio Tour

France 
⬜ Pray in Lourdes
⬜ Sainte-Thérèse in Caen 
⬜ Merlin’s Forest (Brocéliande, Bretagne) 
⬜ Masquerade ball in a château 
⬜ Dress up at a Renaissance / Medieval Fair

Switzerland 
⬜ Ride the Glacier Express
⬜ revisit Zermatt with JB

Italy
⬜ Venice — one more weekend of canals & stars
⬜ Pompeii — walk where history froze in time

Czechia
⬜ Prague — return to fairytale streets

Greece
⬜ Santorini with JB — blue domes & sunsets

Iceland 
 ⬜ Dive between tectonic plates
 ⬜ Sleep in a glass igloo
 ⬜ See the Northern Lights dance

Germany
 ⬜ Neuschwanstein Castle — twirl like a princess 
 ⬜ Oktoberfest 

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Adventures Anywhere
 ⬜ Cirque du Soleil
 ⬜ Murder mystery dinner party
 ⬜ Cosplay at a nerd convention
 ⬜ Learn ballroom dance
 ⬜ Take a photography class 
 ⬜ make voice recorded Build-a-Bears for my immediate family, along with photo memory books of my favorite pictures.

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How Your Support Helps 
 Your donations will be used for: 
 ✨ Travel & transportation 
✨ Lodging & accessibility needs 
✨ Tickets & activity costs 
✨ Documenting memories with photos & keepsakes 
✨ Pain management and comfort along the way 


 Every euro, every dollar, every message of support helps me trade fear for joy — and time for meaning. 

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Gratitude 
 If you choose to support me: You aren’t funding a fight against cancer. You’re funding a life worth remembering. You’re helping me write the final chapters of my story — filled with love, laughter, ocean air, starlight, and magic. Thank you for caring about how my story is lived while I’m still here to feel it. Thank you for choosing life with me. Stage 4. Still magic. Always love.

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Heather Strassel
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Neuilly-Plaisance, A8
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