A young woman wrote a heartbreaking farewell post before succumbing to her battle with cancer at the age of 28.
Natalie Fornasier from Australia was a beloved writer and beauty influencer who was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma after spotting a shape-changing mole on her toe when she was just 20 years old.
In the following years, the aspiring writer dedicated much of her time to raising awareness about skin cancer until she was hit with the devastating news that her cancer had become terminal last December.
As Natalie revealed to her many Instagram followers, she was told she only had weeks or months to live after her disease had progressed.
“The last four months have been brutal. At the end of July, I received the news that my cancer was now terminal and had months left to live,” she penned in her tear-jerking open letter in December.
“I’ve cried myself hoarse about the fear of death. I’ve screamed for the children I would never have, growing old, my friends, the life I was supposed to live.”
She continued:
“The conversations I’ve had to have, the plans I’ve had to make, the places my thoughts have gone and are still going – none of it is natural. It’s painful.
“I’ve fallen into oblivion crying for (husband) Alexander, the heartbreak, and the love I would be leaving – for the life we were supposed to have. I’ve cried for my family.”
Concluding her heartbreaking post, Natalie said her biggest goal in life was to love as she shared gratitude for being able to experience “something so deeply precious and powerful and soul changing that I know that even though I’m leaving this earth, that energy and love will never die.”
In her final post before her untimely death, the 28-year-old also shared a picture of a bouquet of flowers and urged her readers to make the most of time because it “moves like a river” and never stops.
Following Natalie’s passing, friends and family set up a GoFundMe fundraiser to help her husband, Alexander, with living expenses and funeral costs. The fundraiser has since already exceeded the goal amount.
Our thoughts remain with Natalie’s husband and family during this tragic time.
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