Nora McInerny Purmort met her husband, Aaron, while both were working for the same ad agency. It didn't take long for them to realize that they were each other's soul mate. They quickly became inseparable, eventually marrying and planning their future together. With the birth of their son, Ralph, everything seemed to be going according to their hopes and dreams. Unfortunately, that was all cut far too short by Aaron's heartbreaking diagnosis of brain cancer.
After four years of marriage, Nora lost her beloved husband to the malignant tumor. His death came only weeks after also losing her dad to another form of cancer. Yet somehow in spite of all this sadness surrounding her family, the young mom was able to find strength while standing by Aaron's side. It wasn't easy, of course. She could physically feel his pain every time he took the chemo pills that sent heat surging through his body at night. She sat alone in waiting rooms while MRIs scanned his brain and found no hope in their results.
But, as she describes in the incredibly moving video below, there was one redeeming quality to their tragic situation: "Its ability to highlight the very best in us, the very best in others." Narrating the short trailer for a documentary about their battle with the disease, Nora goes on to explain that "this isn't a cancer story, it's a love story." You can see that beautiful love in every moment between the couple captured in the poignant film.
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