How would you live your life if a ticking time bomb was woven into the very fabric of your everyday life?

Would you carry on business as usual? Would you live like tomorrow is not guaranteed and chip away at your bucket list? 

Rachael's story isn't about a ticking time bomb that is in her body. Rather, it is about the ticking time bomb of grief that lies in wait due to the one her beloved has in his body. However, that is only part of Rachael's story. 

What if, newly married, you found out you were pregnant, but not only with one baby, but two! What are the odds?! 

But what if, a day later, your spouse has a seizure; soon after you find out he has brain cancer? And, not just any cancer - this kind is aggressive, it can never be completely surgically removed, and most people die within 18 months of diagnosis? 

The ripples of grief are felt deep and wide. And, when the love of your life, and the father of your children, are living with these odds, how do you truly live? 

Rachael's story doesn't stop there. She would find herself in her own health crisis after having the twins. Her kidneys were failing, her husband had to forego his chemo because she was in the hospital, and they were both faced with the question of what if something happened to them both? Who would take care of the babies? 

After the dust settled, processing all that had transpired has been a process all on its own as well. Grief isn't only about death. As Rachael's story illustrates, it's near-death experiences or living while death hangs around waiting to take you out that cause grief, too. 

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