The Evangelista Family
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Edith Rosana Goyas Abad
On November 12th our mother Edith Goyas passed away due to cancer at only 52 years old. She was first diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in August of 2017, she went through chemotherapy, a mastectomy, and radiation. After overcoming all those challenges she lived her best life. She spent as much time as she could with her kids, she became a stay at home mom to focus more on her family.
In 2020 right at the beginning of the pandemic she started feeling ill. After going to the doctor and getting exams done it came to be that the cancer had come back. She had developed stage 4 cancer in her lungs, liver, spine, and brain. This caused her to feel very depressed but she would hide her emotions so her family wouldn’t see her suffer. Towards the end of July her body started getting slower and slower.
It became difficult for her to do daily task. She couldn’t enjoy simply things like eating, going out with her family, and having a walk on the beach. On top of all of this she also had rheumatoid arthritis. Her bones constantly hurts making it hard for her just to walk.
Towards the beginning of the school year her body got even weaker. Her body started rejecting the chemotherapy which meant she wasn’t making any progress. This came with many obstacles. For example, extremely weak legs, constantly bleeding from various part of her body, nausea, lost of appetite, lost of a lot of weight, and finally she started retaining liquids all of her body.
Eventually in November her body started shutting down slowly everyday. The pain was so extreme that she would hide it from us just so she didn’t see us suffer. As well, she avoided the hospital because she didn’t like being alone. She would tell us everything was ok and she was feeling better but in reality she was dying. Her biggest concern was that she didn’t want us to be upset, she tried everything to put a smile on our faces even if she didn’t have one.
Sadly, the night before her passing she couldn’t take the pain anymore. She had already lost a lot of blood, was extremely weak, and could barely talk. She had made the decision to finally go to the hospital to see what they can do. After hours of being next her, we knew she didn’t have a lot of time left. Her daughter and oldest son slowly watched their mother shutting down. Unfortunately, the next day we got call saying it was time we all came in to say our final goodbyes because the medications she was given wasn’t working anymore and she hours left.
Thankfully, she got to see her husband and three kids next her. In addition, her sister and mother who live in Peru, got to say goodbye even though she couldn’t talk back. After a couple of hours being with her, at 11:53am her body finally took its last breath and minutes after her last pulse was felt. Our family was devastated but through it all we were right next to her.
Before she had passed, she had told us not to suffer from her loss because she was going to be in a better place now with no pain and the last thing she wanted was not to see us suffer.
Through her life she taught us many things. The first one being to be very family oriented. She always wanted us together, whether it be going out to dinner, going on a walk, going on vacation, or even all of us laying down together on her bed and laughing. We would describe her as someone who always saw the best in things and always tried making people around her smile and laugh. Even on her hardest days she still made us smile.
The second most important thing she taught was to always believe in God. She was very religious and let her life be determined by God. Like she said “God always has a reason for everything”, she always said this when something bad would happen. Her faith grew more when she attended her Neocatecumenal group. This was her safe space where she felt the closest to God. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic she wasn’t able to attend anymore because she was at high risk but still made the effort to listen to them via Zoom.
To end all this our mother was the best mother in the world. She always put her family first. The last thing she has told our father was “Keep the family together no matter what”. She taught us so many lessons that we always keep and so many memories that will always remember. She was a strong women and did everything she could for us. Even on her last days she wanted to be home with us because the last thing she wanted was not to be alone.
We love her so much and will miss her everyday. We will always have a spot in our heart for her. We can’t wait to see her again one day. Thank you for all the advice and comfort you gave to us. Every accomplishment we make from now on is all for her.
Te amamos y te vamos a extrañar mucho ❤️
- Familia Evangelista
On November 12th our mother Edith Goyas passed away due to cancer at only 52 years old. She was first diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in August of 2017, she went through chemotherapy, a mastectomy, and radiation. After overcoming all those challenges she lived her best life. She spent as much time as she could with her kids, she became a stay at home mom to focus more on her family.
In 2020 right at the beginning of the pandemic she started feeling ill. After going to the doctor and getting exams done it came to be that the cancer had come back. She had developed stage 4 cancer in her lungs, liver, spine, and brain. This caused her to feel very depressed but she would hide her emotions so her family wouldn’t see her suffer. Towards the end of July her body started getting slower and slower.
It became difficult for her to do daily task. She couldn’t enjoy simply things like eating, going out with her family, and having a walk on the beach. On top of all of this she also had rheumatoid arthritis. Her bones constantly hurts making it hard for her just to walk.
Towards the beginning of the school year her body got even weaker. Her body started rejecting the chemotherapy which meant she wasn’t making any progress. This came with many obstacles. For example, extremely weak legs, constantly bleeding from various part of her body, nausea, lost of appetite, lost of a lot of weight, and finally she started retaining liquids all of her body.
Eventually in November her body started shutting down slowly everyday. The pain was so extreme that she would hide it from us just so she didn’t see us suffer. As well, she avoided the hospital because she didn’t like being alone. She would tell us everything was ok and she was feeling better but in reality she was dying. Her biggest concern was that she didn’t want us to be upset, she tried everything to put a smile on our faces even if she didn’t have one.
Sadly, the night before her passing she couldn’t take the pain anymore. She had already lost a lot of blood, was extremely weak, and could barely talk. She had made the decision to finally go to the hospital to see what they can do. After hours of being next her, we knew she didn’t have a lot of time left. Her daughter and oldest son slowly watched their mother shutting down. Unfortunately, the next day we got call saying it was time we all came in to say our final goodbyes because the medications she was given wasn’t working anymore and she hours left.
Thankfully, she got to see her husband and three kids next her. In addition, her sister and mother who live in Peru, got to say goodbye even though she couldn’t talk back. After a couple of hours being with her, at 11:53am her body finally took its last breath and minutes after her last pulse was felt. Our family was devastated but through it all we were right next to her.
Before she had passed, she had told us not to suffer from her loss because she was going to be in a better place now with no pain and the last thing she wanted was not to see us suffer.
Through her life she taught us many things. The first one being to be very family oriented. She always wanted us together, whether it be going out to dinner, going on a walk, going on vacation, or even all of us laying down together on her bed and laughing. We would describe her as someone who always saw the best in things and always tried making people around her smile and laugh. Even on her hardest days she still made us smile.
The second most important thing she taught was to always believe in God. She was very religious and let her life be determined by God. Like she said “God always has a reason for everything”, she always said this when something bad would happen. Her faith grew more when she attended her Neocatecumenal group. This was her safe space where she felt the closest to God. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic she wasn’t able to attend anymore because she was at high risk but still made the effort to listen to them via Zoom.
To end all this our mother was the best mother in the world. She always put her family first. The last thing she has told our father was “Keep the family together no matter what”. She taught us so many lessons that we always keep and so many memories that will always remember. She was a strong women and did everything she could for us. Even on her last days she wanted to be home with us because the last thing she wanted was not to be alone.
We love her so much and will miss her everyday. We will always have a spot in our heart for her. We can’t wait to see her again one day. Thank you for all the advice and comfort you gave to us. Every accomplishment we make from now on is all for her.
Te amamos y te vamos a extrañar mucho ❤️
- Familia Evangelista
Organizer and beneficiary
Aidan Farrell
Organizer
Long Beach, NY
Aaron Evangelista
Beneficiary