Unconditional Love

Here are some excerpts from Lance Armstrong’s phenomenal book “Its not about the Bike. My Journey Back to Life.” Lance Armstrong, no doubt, is an inspiration but I would like to give kudos to one more person in his life other than his mother. It’s his wife - Kristin Richard who was truly a stud.

 

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“Love and Cancer were strange companions, but in my case they came along at the same time. It was hardly the ideal situation in which to meet my future wife-but that’s exactly what happened. Why do two people get married? For a future together, naturally. The question was whether or not I had one.”

Lance met his future wife at a time when he didn’t have cancer (his cancer was cured by chemo & treatment), but he didn’t not have it either. He was in a state wherein cancer could hit him back again and he was still uncertain about his own life. He was in extreme anxiety and could barely lead a normal life. He couldn’t even turn to biking, which was once his passion and purpose of life.

“I felt safe with her. She liked me bald and sick with no eyebrow, and the insecurities I might have had about my hair, my eyes, my scars, my body, didn’t seem to matter.”

Once you finish your treatment, doctors say, “You are cured, go off and live.” But what about the emotional ramifications of trying to return to the world after being in a battle for your existence. His girl friend stood by him in this most difficult time and also decided to marry him.

Armstrong married Kristin Richard, a public relations executive he met through his cancer foundation, in 1998. The couple had a son, Luke, in October 1999, using sperm frozen before Armstrong began chemotherapy (since the treatment was going to render Lance infertile and he perhaps would not be in a position to have his own children in future).

 

Tough times – uncertainty between life and death, no flowery future promises & dreams, a husband who had lost confidence in himself and was struggling hard to come back to live a normal life. This is what Kristin embraced completely when she married Lance. Truly heart touching and exemplary love that was absolutely unconditional. Stud !  Kudos to her !