Atteint d'un cancer, il organise une séance photo pour vivre les moments qu'il manquera avec ses enfants (PHOTOS) | HuffPost

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Atteint d'un cancer, il organise une séance photo pour vivre les moments qu'il manquera avec ses enfants

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C'est une histoire très touchante que racontent ces photos postées mardi 2 mai sur la page Facebook "Love What Matters". Nous pouvons y voir Ray Burrow, en compagnie de sa femme Christy et de ses trois enfants: Zaidee (15 ans), Ava (13 ans) et Nathan (9 ans). Mais derrière les sourires de chacun se cache une certitude que personne ne peut oublier: celle que Ray les quittera bientôt.

Diagnostiqué d'un cancer de la gorge il y a sept ans, cet homme aujourd'hui âgé de 41 ans a pris la décision d'arrêter son traitement le mois dernier. C'est à ce moment-là que sa femme Christy a eu l'idée d'une séance photo où Ray pourrait vivre les moments qu'il ne pourra pas connaître avec ses enfants: leur mariage, leur première voiture et leur remise des diplôme, entre autres.

"Ray Burrow et Christy sont tombées amoureux alors qu'ils n'étaient que deux adolescents. Et malgré le fait que ces premières amours s'estompent souvent au fil du temps, Ray et Christy, eux, sont restés ensemble. Mariés en juin 1997, ils ont eu trois enfants: Zaidee 15 ans, Ava 13 ans et Nathan 9 ans. Mais depuis sept ans, Ray se bat contre un cancer de la gorge et se rapproche peu à peu de la fin. En avril 2017, la famille a en effet fait le choix d'arrêter les traitements et ils tentent depuis de profiter de chaque moment qu'ils peuvent passer ensemble. Car Ray sait qu'il ne sera pas là pour voir ses enfants le jour où ils recevront leur diplôme, qu'il ne pourra pas accompagner ses filles le jour de leur mariage, qu'il ne pourra pas non plus les voir passer leur permis de conduire ou leur acheter leur première voiture. C'est pour toutes ces raisons et pour ses enfants que Christy, la femme de Ray, a tenu à ce que ces moments soient immortalisés. Elle voulait des photos de ses filles en robe de mariée avec leur papa à leurs côtés afin que ces dernières puissent être montrées le jour où ses filles se marieront pour de vrai, elle voulait des photos de chacun de ses enfants en toge et en coiffe avec leur papa qui les regarderait fièrement. Elle voulait aussi des photos de Ray tendant à ses enfants les clés d'une voiture flambant neuve le jour de leur 16e anniversaire. En somme, elle voulait des photos de la famille que Ray et elle avait fondé, une famille forte et soudée, toujours soudée."

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She launched the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance to help educate people, opened the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and later co-founded Stand Up To Cancer. (credit:Keith Beaty via Getty Images)

Sharon Osbourne(02 of12)

When she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002, the TV personality (and Ozzy's wife) thought, "My work isn't finished here with my family," she told People. That drive to survive got her through surgery and chemo, helping her to remain cancer-free since May 2004. "You can go, 'Why me?' Or you fight the cancer and say, 'You are gone,'" she said. (credit:Ilya S. Savenok via Getty Images)

Ronald Reagan(03 of12)

The 40th president underwent surgery for colon cancer in July of 1985. Two feet of his colon were removed, according to Fitness magazine. He fully recovered, living until 2004, when he died at the age of 93, after 10 years battling Alzheimer's disease. (credit:Getty)

Pope John Paul II(04 of12)

The first Pope to be photographed in a hospital bed, John Paul had surgery to remove colon cancer in 1992. He died in 2005 at age 84. (credit:Getty)

Darryl Strawberry(05 of12)

The baseball great, left, underwent surgery and chemotherapy for colon cancer in 1998, and announced in 2000 that the cancer had returned, according to the AP. Strawberry's agent said a CT scan suggested the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes.

Today he is involved in raising autism awareness and engages in various public speaking endeavors. (credit:Charles Eshelman via Getty Images)

Carmen Marc Valvo(06 of12)

As a colon cancer survivor, the fashion designer is involved in many efforts to raise awareness for colorectal cancer. He has joined forces with Katie Couric, the NCCRA and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, among others, according to his website.

"Before I was diagnosed with colon cancer I was totally unaware of my own family history relating to the disease. With no family history on record, I was not eligible for prescreening by insurance and would have normally had to wait until the age of 50 for my first colon cancer screening. Had I waited my prognoses would have been much, much different," he has said. (credit:Slaven Vlasic via Getty Images)

Vanessa Williams(07 of12)

The actress starred in this public service announcement in 2008 alongside Valvo urging people to talk to their doctors to get screened for colorectal cancer.

"My good friend Carmen is living proof that colorectal cancer is treatable. As a first step, we want to encourage people to talk to their doctors about getting screened.," she told People.com. (credit:Walter McBride via Getty Images)

Vince Lombardi(08 of12)

The football coach died at age 57 from colon cancer, after surgery to remove a tumor and a section of his colon. The Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation, created in his honor, has since raised over $15 million to fund cancer research and care. (credit:Raymond Boyd via Getty Images)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar(09 of12)

The basketball great told CNN, "My grandfather died from colorectal cancer, my uncle died from colorectal cancer and my father almost died from colorectal cancer," adding that he himself has the gene. He became involved in a public awareness campaign, according to CNN, before being diagnosed with leukemia in 2009, at the age of 62. He said his cancer was at "absolute minimum" in 2011. (credit:Allen Berezovsky via Getty Images)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg(10 of12)

The U.S. Supreme Court Justice was diagnosed with early-stage colon cancer in 1999 and never missed a day on the bench during treatment, ABC News reported.

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Audrey Hepburn(11 of12)

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Eartha Kitt(12 of12)

The singer died in 2008 at age 81 from colon cancer, the AP reported. (credit:Steve Thorne via Getty Images)

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