Jill’s Story

Site created on December 29, 2021

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Jill, better known as grandma, mom and best friend, is beginning her fight against breast cancer. Jill was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, stage 3,  on December 21, 2021.  Her cancer was found in an annual mammogram and she has visited with the surgeon and the oncologist this week. Her journal will be updated as we learn more  about the course of treatment and to share other information. Thank you for visiting and please keep Jill and her family in your thoughts and prayers as she begins to fight this battle. 

Newest Update

Journal entry by Jenn Drake

This has been a long time coming and I am finally getting around to it. I want to thank everyone for their kindness and support during our mourning.  I cannot thank you all enough and as hard as I tried, I lost track of all of the kind words, visits, cards, meals and gifts. Please know we are so thankful. Mom was the best and will forever be remembered for her giving spirit, her love for the outdoors and her courageousness. She did not lose a battle, but only showed us how to be a hero.  This song came on when I got in a friend's car after having coffee and talking about mom, she started the car and this was the song. We laughed through the tears and said she always has to have the last word. "Well, there you go."  Please do something outdoors tomorrow to celebrate her birthday.

Love, 

Jenn, Jason, Natalie, Callie & Bodey

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