Life rarely happens like it's supposed to. Just ask Kym Mowery or her son, Daniel, Jr.
It was her husband, a black belt and military man, who was the healthy one. She was the one diagnosed with uterine cancer, undergoing almost two years of chemotherapy. And when she moved from South Caroline to Idaho Falls for her job at Cooper Norman, it all changed.
Kym Mowery: "My husband was packing our stuff and he went to sleep and didn't wake up. It never crossed our mind he'd be the one to pass away."
Never crossed their mind he would die of an unknown heart condition, never crossed their mind emotionally, nor financially.
Mowery: "If you're thinking about cutting expenses, life insurance isn't the place to cut it."
But in the face of agony, she would find strength, work full time and raise her son. And four years later, she is helping cancer patients and widows be prepared -- whether it be for wills, life insurance, bank accounts, things that should be in order.
Mowery: "It's overwhelming, and you don't want to deal with that when you're planning a funeral."
If we're lucky, some of us will never know how we would handle such pain. But Kym's sister Korri knew it was handled exemplary.
She nominated Kym for a national State Farm Insurance Embrace Life award.
And now, Kym is one of 13 people in America to be honored today on May 7th, 2009.
Mowery: "People don't know how to handle loss, it's hard for people to talk about. That was the best part of being in a room with 12 others with a loss like mine, I didn't have to say anything to them. They knew what I felt like... I really want people to find joy in the journey of life."
Kym is now cancer free, remarried with a new family. She says you can still be happy in life, even when bad things happen.
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