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Wait a minute . . .
. . . there.
I made it to the next moment.
And that’s how you get through a bad moment of grief. You do it one moment at a time.
—from Worth Fighting For
LISA NIEMI and PATRICK SWAYZE were married for thirty-four years. They first met as teenagers at his mother’s dance studio—he was older and just a bit cocky; she was the beautiful waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. Through the years their marriage strained under the pressures that many do, but it was always a uniquely passionate and creative partnership.
When they first exchanged vows, Lisa promised to be with her husband “till death do us part.” But how many couples stop and think about what that truly means? Worth Fighting For is a remarkably candid look at what losing a partner really entails—how to care for him or her, how to make it through each day without falling into despair, and how to move forward in the second half of your life when the person you spent the first half with is gone.
For the first time, Lisa Niemi Swayze shares the details of Patrick’s twenty-one-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, and she describes his last days, when she simply tried to keep him comfortable. She writes with heartbreaking honesty about her grief in the aftermath of Patrick’s death, and she openly discusses the challenges that the years without him have posed.
While this is an emotionally honest and un-flinching depiction of illness and loss, it is also a hopeful and life-affirming exploration of the power of the human spirit. Lisa shows that no matter how dark the prospect of another day may seem, there are always reserves of strength to call upon. She writes, “I tell you, I am a different person now. One who has been thrown into the fire and forged.” Like The Year of Magical Thinking and A Widow’s Story, this book is both a tribute to a marriage and a celebration of the healing power that each day holds, even in the most difficult of circumstances.
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 Patrick and I were/are both pilots, and we shared our love of aviation. |  When Patrick received his diagnosis of cancer in January 2008, it would change our lives forever. |  Ready to take off from the San Juan Islands, where Patrick and I had been exploring. |
 May 2009. At our ranch in New Mexico with two of our dogs, Lucas and Kuma. |  I walk out for one on the happiest days of my life-- the renewal of Patrick's and my wedding vows. |  At Rancho de Dias Alegres in New Mexico. The land is beautiful, soulful, and serene. |
Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward Reviews
Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward Reviews
| 7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:  "I was hoping to wrap my experience with him into a nice little bow..", By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Worth Fighting For (Kindle Edition) Anyone who has been through grief and loss will appreciate the honesty of Lisa Niemi Swayze, wife of Patrick Swayze, as she describes their life together, the ups and downs - and finally, his death after a brave struggle with pancreatic cancer. As Niemi Swayze puts it, she still "runs hot and cold", still feels anger for the bad times even as she cherishes memories of wonderful moments. Again, in her own words, there is " no in-between." Anger and grief, often intertwined. There are also vivid descriptions of the couple's marriage, with Patrick Swayze, the celebrity actor propelled to fame by movies such as Ghost and Dirty Dancing, as one half of that couple . From first meeting to life with a famed actor, Lisa chronicles the journey. While most readers of the book should relate to the grief and loss felt by Niemi Swayze, fans of Patrick Swayze also get an upfront and very personal take on him, written by the woman who lived with and loved him, hanging in there through... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:  Excellent read, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward (Hardcover) I enjoyed this book from start to finish. Lisa was open and honest with thoughts and feelings. It's not an entirely sad read, they found humor when they could. You can feel the hope Lisa and Patrick have in recovering from this terrible disease. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Honest, candid, heartfelt, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Worth Fighting For (Kindle Edition) When Patrick Swayze passed away, my heart went out to Lisa Niemi. How devastating! It's so easy to look in from the outside at anything...another marriage, another family, another illness, even another person (especially a star), and think you know enough to really know.Now, I honor Lisa for opening a window on those months, and also on the degree of commitment that makes a longtime marriage work. It's such a simple thing...but so not-easy. And I honor her for sharing the way love healed her marriage at different points in it. Maybe long-lived marriages are always going to be a mystery to anyone outside them...maybe even to the people sharing them. But it's nice to have a glimpse. I hope writing the book was as much a gift to her, as reading it was to me. |
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