Melissa Bradley_To Celebrate A Life Well Lived

"The World is always darker 

when a light dies 

than if it had never existed at all."

 - Samuel McCord

Ernest Hemingway once wrote:

 “Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, 

and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

 Every man's life ends the same way. 

It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” 


In that respect, I have no doubt that Hemingway would say Melissa Bradley lived a very distinguished life.

Life is no story.  

It bleeds too much for comfort at times.  

Yet, each life well lived contains beauty and hope -- as did Melissa's.

She brightened each meeting with her.  

And with her resolved, brave determination in fighting cancer, she gave inspiration to us all. 

She hurt and admitted it.  

She fell victim to depression. 

 But each time she fell, she rose to struggle on, never giving up, never losing her wit, her humor.

She is, to me, a light that will never burn out.

Melissa, I will miss you.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
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Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/ernesthemi152942.html