A Wonderful Story

How many times do you enter a link just to read about an incredible love story that have happened to someone but it is not real? I mean, you click on that link eager to find a real-love story but, at the end, you find it is another advertisement which uses love to promote its product or services. You know what I am talking about because it has happened to you many times. It is true that part of the love stories you find on the net are unrealistic or aimed to promote something; but it is not always that way. Fortunately, you still can find wonderful stories worth to be shared with the world and they are real ones. By wonderful stories I do not mean Disney stories in which the protagonists live happily ever after. I mean something different, as the day in which I was FaceBooking and I found the case of a man who photographed his wife since she was diagnosed metastatic breast cancer. Maybe you know about this story because it is well-known and people shared it on the net for many months.  

If not, here you have the link of his page in which you will find a Ted talk and information about the man and his wife:

http://mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com/our-story/#.VjF76NIvcdA

This man called Angelo Merendino was married with a girl called Jennifer. He narrates, on the web site, how he met Jennifer and how in love he was as soon as he saw her. He compares his love-story with his parents´ who also experienced a first-sight love. Angelo and Jennifer got married and he remembers the perfect moment in which he married the girl of his dreams.  Unfortunately, five months later Jennifer broke the news to him, she had cancer. On his page, Angelo tells us how his heart was in pieces after the bad news of his wife future and at the same time he tells us about the changes on their lives. Life became more complicated and it changed from one day to another making them enjoyed every single moment. Angelo, also shares the difficulties they had to face when it was about making other persons aware of cancer. It is not only about Dr. appointments, medical procedures and medications but also side-effects. Side- effects that his wife had to face after chemotherapy.  As you can imagine, it was neither easy for him to accept that he would be a widower nor for Jennifer.  They knew they were in a battle they would not win so the only thing left was sharing their story to the world, and that is why he decided to take photos of their day to day life. 

Angelo, undoubtedly, wanted to transmit messages to the world. First, a message to make people aware of the side- effects of cancer. Second, he wanted to inform people about all the challenges in their daily life. In this way, he would feel supported by others who went through the same situation.  And finally, he promotes the idea of sharing your experiences stating that it is the only way you can learn, grow and survive.

The admirable of this story is not only the strength and support he showed towards Jenn, but also his feeling towards her. In my opinion, he proved to be a good husband and a good mate. No sooner did he know about his wife´s  disease that he stood by her side supporting her.  I believe that he acted following his heart. He really loved her and he depicted that on every photo he took. He wants to demonstrate the world that real love exists and it is not only present on Disney stories.  Nobody said that love stories end happily and people do not face problems. On the contrary, I think that loving someone means being by his/her side whatever happens. Love is about feeling and also about decisions - decisions that determine who you are.  He was not only faithful to her but also to his feelings towards her. He did not hesitate and he loved her till the end.  Lovely, right?