Marin's Page

Welcome to Marin's CaringBridge web page. It is provided to keep family and friends. Our address and phone number are as follows:

Marin Morrison
230 239th Way SE
Sammamish, WA 98074

#(425)657-0041
Nancy cel: 678-908-6941
updated.



Marin was diagnosed with a brain tumor
on Wednesday, February 23, 2005. She underwent resection surgeries on March 4th and March 5th, and again on August 15th, 2005. Marin underwent a fourth brain operation on May 2nd, 2008, and still fulfilled her dream of representing the USA at the the Water Cube, swimming in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.


Marin Morrison ~ June 19, 1990 - January 2, 2009.

Please sign the website's guestbook while visiting.


THANK YOU to our friends and neighbors and everyone who contributed to the fundraising effort to help our family make the trip to Beijing. We are humbled and appreciative to know there are so many wonderful people sharing this experience with us. ~ The Morrison Family
http://morrisonolympicfund.kintera.org.

Journal

Sunday, March 8, 2009 12:04 AM CDT

With a little distance since Marin's passing, the grieving process is making a little more sense for us as we try to return to a more normal routine in our lives. I find myself more appreciative of the opportunities to speak of Marin when people offer their condolensces; it's typical that someone feels bad to bring up the subject but it's cathartic to speak about her life and her impact. While the heartache will always be with us, it's important to stay in touch with all these emotions and mostly it feels good. As we process the grief, we recognize that the low point was probably some point somewhere last summer when we had to realize that Marin would not survive this illness. For us to even subcontiously have to admit that there was nothing else we could do to fight her cancer was a terrible point in our journey. At the same time, we had the focus of taking her to Beijing and helping her achieve her life-long dream. This certainly helped us get through an incredibly difficult time and was, of course, ultimately rewarding for Marin and for ourselves. Beyond our trip to Beijing, and reliving it through the wonderful coverage on NBC and Universal Sports, Marin's conditioned worsened through next few months to the point that her suffering was becoming unbearable. Still, she managed to smile and enjoy herself to the best of her ability. She toughed it out through the holidays and Nancy's birthday, and by the time she let go on January 2nd, we all have to admit there was a measure of relief for the sake of her suffering. So with distance now, we recognize that we are lifted by the fact that she did accomplish so much during her young life and more importantly, impacted so many lives in such a positive way. We never tire of the stories of inspiration we hear from so many of our friends like the one my old neighborhood friend Mike C. told me about how he was ready to quit a training run up a big hill when he thought of Marin and kicked himself in the butt to suck it up. We hear lots of these, and it helps us to know her spirit is alive and well within others as it is within ourselves.

At the same time, we're aware that's there's much processing yet to do and the challenges of daily life present a lot of complications. We are concerned for the way Cami and Michael are ultimately affected by this and how to best guide them through a difficult journey, especially since trying to support the family at this point means a separation as I return to work. We continue to rely on friends and family to help fill the void and we are truly appreciative of all the help.

Thanks for all the love and support,

Matt & Nancy, Camlyn, Michael and in sweet memory of Marin.

Hospital Information:

Our address in Washington is:
230 239th Way SE
Sammamish, WA 98074
(425)657-0041

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