Friends and Family,
Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that the news we have to share is profoundly sad. In the spirit of Michelle, however, we hope you will find a way to find and feed the spark of happiness, just as she would. With that out of the way, here is the latest news from Michelle:
————-
Dearest Friends,
I realize I haven’t updated since we found out about the brain mets, and I should make you aware of what’s going on. Unfortunately due to the serious progression in my liver, my oncologist has given me 1-2 months to live. I realize how incredibly shocking and hard to hear this is to hear. Because of this, I’ve started hospice care at home. I’m spending my time resting and getting a lot of time in with Brian and Desmond. Brian and Colleen are scheduling visits with just family, but if you would like to leave me a message I will be checking this site, or reading e-mail at michellem.howe@gmail.com.
Every single one of you reading this is special to me and I have so much love for you.
Love,
Michelle
————-
We know that many of you will want to say goodbye to Michelle in person. It is painful–deeply so–to have to turn any person away. It is an unfortunate irony that the magnitude of Michelle’s sphere of influence and love is such that it creates a paradox for us. We simply cannot accommodate everyone’s request, even some of her close friends and family. We will make sure that Michelle receives all of your personal messages, photos and videos whether you leave them here or send them to her email address.
You can send donations to Michelle’s favorite charity, METAvivor, in her honor at this link:
https://secure.metavivor.org/page/contribute/
If you would like to directly contribute to our family fund, you may do so here:
https://www.youcaring.com/brian-and-desmond-howe-471731
If you need to contact me, you can call me at 360-201-8546 or send me a message through Facebook. We deeply appreciate all of your thoughts, prayers, love and cat videos.
Love,
Brian, Michelle and Desmond