Remembering Kim

​This Thursday, April 2nd, marks five years since Kim, my late wife, passed away from cancer. Kim was a beautiful person, both inside and out. At her memorial, one of her friends said that Kim was like a Cadbury Mini Egg, a little hard and crunchy on the outside, but very sweet on the inside. I think this was a very good metaphor for Kim. Kim was an introvert and very much her own person, but when you got to know her, you quickly learned that she loved many things in life.  Kim loved her family and loved her friends; she loved her work, and she loved to play; Kim loved to laugh, loved to puzzle, and she loved camping. Kim also loved God and had a deep faith.  
 
Running through all these things that Kim loved and made her who she was were three values that acted as through-lines for her entire life. They are people, practicality, and generosity.
 
This year, to mark the five years that Kim has now lived in our memory and hearts, I wanted to do something to help us, as a community, reawaken Kim’s memory and honour her legacy and the values that guided much of her life.
 
To this end, I am excited to announce that this year, starting next weekend, we are launching a fundraiser, in partnership with the BC Cancer Foundation, to honour Kim. This fundraiser will be something that aligns closely with Kim’s own cancer journey, and also with her values of people, practicality, and generosity.
 
Over the next number of days, I will be publishing a number of blog posts about the things that were truly important to her. At the end of the week, we will be going public with naming our fundraising initiative and how you can partner with us.
 
As Kim’s family, friends, and community, she touched all of us in different ways. I hope that through this fundraising campaign, her life and memory can now continue to touch the lives of people who have never met her but who find themselves on a similarly difficult road of having a cancer diagnosis.
 
So, I invite you to stay tuned here for more information in the days to come, and to share this with your friends and family, to help re-remember Kim and the way she might have touched your life, and to learn how her legacy of people, practicality, and generosity can live on and touch the lives of thousands more.
 
Thank you.
George.

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