For her personal psychological well being, Emily began dancing once more in 2014 at Phases Dance Studio in Woodland. Zumba and Ballet have been weekly actions that introduced Emily pleasure. Later, she added Yoga and tenting with pals into her rotation and used these actions as a means of giving again to herself. Emily’s lifestyle reminded us that as a lot as we serve others, we should make it a precedence to serve ourselves as effectively.
In 2017, Emily met John Cottrell and his daughter, Olivia. After just a few months of courting, they launched their youngsters to one another and shortly after blended their households. Emily’s shut household typically referred to John because the male model of Emily. In November of 2018, sitting subsequent to a riverbank in Yosemite, John proposed to Emily, and he or she stated sure. By January of 2019 they purchased their first dwelling collectively in Orangevale, California. Emily, John, and the children liked turning that home into a house crammed with household meals and tales learn earlier than bedtime. Their weekends collectively have been filled with journeys to the park with espresso in hand, touring to the seashore, and going out for Emily’s favourite: ice cream.
In August of 2019, after making an attempt to handle excruciating hip ache, Emily was identified with a particularly uncommon type of Osteosarcoma. Shortly after the prognosis, Emily and John have been married on August 30, 2019. Emily was so excited for all 4 of them to formally be a household; they have been her first precedence. From the start, regardless of a bleak prognosis, her method was to combat the most cancers head on with every part she had. That was how Emily’s mind labored: establish the issue, assess all angles, discover the very best answer, and decide to the exhausting work with every part she had. Emily was decided to look into all remedy choices and listen to from skilled oncologists. This led her to each Stanford and the Mayo Clinic. She accomplished each chemotherapy and radiation. All through her total battle, Emily continued to be the constructive pressure that she was, regardless of the agonizing, fixed ache. By her facet your complete time, was her “rock”, her “superhero”, John. Emily by no means let something maintain her again and continued to seek out pleasure within the easy pleasures in life alongside her youngsters, husband, and speedy household.