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Fight Pink is very excited to be the first stop in Dr. Chad Moutray’s blog book tour for his amazing and very personal account of his life with his late wife Laura. Chad contacted Fight Pink in early December and asked us if we would like to participate in his blog book tour. He wrote a book about his late wife Laura, a Triple Negative Breast Cancer patient called My Life With Laura: A Love Story. Initially I was very excited, and emailed Chad to let him know that we would love to take part in his book tour. We at Fight Pink were also looking at sharing the Co-Survivor stories around the same time Chad contacted us.

I anxiously awaited my copy of the book in the mail, and when I got the envelope I was so excited, except that the envelope was empty! Our postal system had neatly packaged up the envelope (that had looked like it had gone through too much for an envelope), and placed it within a plastic envelope and said: Although we try to get all your mail to you, sometimes things happen. We are sorry for the inconvenience. So we got the envelope, and a postal worker is now reading the book! I didn’t want to wait for another copy, so I downloaded a copy quick from LuLu and began my journey reading the book.

I initially was amazed how Chad captured every detail with such intense clarity. I asked Chad how was he able to do this? Within the interview he discusses how he was able to capture every detail. Being a Breast Cancer patient, I was also very interested in how Laura coped with everything. I was also intrigued to find out how Chad felt and coped, and I was impressed with how he was able to portray this in his book. As I read, I was drawn into their lives. I cried, I laughed and most of all was amazed at the spirit that was Laura. She was such a fighter, and all the while continuing to have the faith to take on what ever came her way.

She had amazing Faith. Chad said it best when we asked him how Faith was such a large part of her everyday existence, and if it made him understand his faith more. Chad said: “There is no way that you can see all the pain and suffering that she went through… and yet she still remained so positive. There’s no way that you can see that, and not come away inspired….she always had a smile on her face. It’s hard to go through that without having some appreciation of our own mortality, have some sort of spiritual awakening.”

While reading and being drawn into the book, I enjoyed being part of their vacations, being part of Charlotte’s birth, and also being able to witness the love and compassion that was with them on this journey. In one question within the interview I asked Chad how did he cope? He said having family around, the church, and many other volunteers including Lotsa helping hands.

My Life with Laura: A Love Story captured my heart, my soul and brought me to a level of understanding about my life, my mortality and ability to share. Fight Pink wants to thank Dr. Chad Moutrey for sharing his book with us!

Take your time listening to the interview, and make sure you go to LuLu.com and pick up a copy of this inspirational love story!

All the best,

Stacy Martello

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