The one tragic story-line of our trip was the death of our dear friend Kara, who discovered that she had terminal cancer just as we left and then passed away the day before we came home. Her husband Shane kept all of her friends and family up to date through his eloquently written journal, which is worth a read if you ever want/need to reset your priorities in life. I think that it started to go a little viral near the end, and it is currently up to over 35,000 page views.
(If you read it keep clicking on the bottom until you get to his first entry on December 12th)
Anyways, we lit a candle for Kara at Notre Dame a few days before she passed.
We will definitely miss her.
