The 90-year-old cancer patient refuses the treatment and puts an unusual demand in front of his son
Life is composed of a lot of sweet and bitter impact. No matter how much you do projects for your future, life always has a way to surprise you. But if Hurt
Life is composed of a lot of sweet and bitter impact. No matter how much you do projects for your future, life always has a way to surprise you. But if the obstacles do not come in your way, there will be no more pleasure in your day. But then, all adventures nor all adventures do not make you a better person, sometimes it breaks you into pieces and you are left to gather them for the rest of your life. Although there is always a perspective of a person who counts at the end. For a person, the broken pieces could be beyond recovery and the other, it could be a chance to reform the old structure. But what would you do if life astonish you every time with its endless surprises, would you always be strong enough to face it or you simply appoint yourself? The protagonist of history is also confronted with such an undesirable turn in his life, but the way she manages the situation leaves her loved ones!
World War 2
It was the year 1948 and the world had just passed through the devastating world war. A lot of damage has been caused by an aggressive fight and many people had lost their lives and livelihoods. But over time, people have tried to forget the war and start again, finding new motivations in their long lost lives.
Consequences
It has been doing for 3 years since and that people had enough back to their normal routines. However, some people have always found their motivations in life and one of them was the protagonist of history, Norma. She had actively participated in nurses in the war and saved countless lives, but after the end of the turmoil, she seemed to have lost the reason for her life and her future seemed to be dark.
Lost
Born in Ohio, she was a heart adventurer, but the war had made him lose his zeal. She has rarely left her native place and went out of the states afterwards. Although spring was on the door and the flowers had begun to bloom everywhere, the consequences of the war were again in his mind and, hence, she would see all in black and white. Nothing would excite him anymore. Would it be able to find the purpose of his life?
Hot day
It was one of the hot days and everyone was waiting for the clouds to cool the anger of the sun. Norma also waited for his train that day but the expectation of his expectation seemed impregnated. The sun was at the top and it was impossible to get up even in the shelter. She sweat strongly and praying for the Vienna bus.
Thoughts
She jumped with happiness when she saw a bus coming from afar, even if she was little concern about her clothes because they were completely sweaty. But she thought, while the probability of meeting a known person was close to zero, because she was really hot and wondered who would be outside at that time of the day.
Embarrassed
She was slightly embarrassed when she saw the bus exceptionally full, she did not know what to do as she could not find a seat and that the bus had also started moving. As she was trying to find a seat, she saw a man slightly changed to the window and point out to her direction. First of all, she was female clumsy but she had no choice. Would she consider taking a place next to the strange man?
A few months after
A few months had passed and the two foreigners who had met on the bus were head on love heels from each other. Soon, they had to be hitched. It was love at first sight as in a movie, you meet someone, then you can not imagine your life without him / her. Precisely, a type of fictional love!
Hugged
In 1948, Norma and Leo became Mr. Bauserschmidt and another adventure had begun whose rules were not known to them. But this adventure was not going to be easy for them and they knewthis. So they had promised each other that they do not leave each other, regardless of the difficulties. In the following years, despite many financial problems, they adhere to each other.
Happy News
It is rightly said that life comes when you are busy making plans. Years after their wedding, they were blessed with a little girl and named her stacey. Norma had the impression of being reborn when the doctor put the little baby in his arms. She was extremely happy. She had thought about what school she would study and what college she would participate when Stacey simply learned to balance her foot. But life had other projects.
Unwanted event
She really considered the chance to have Stacey as her daughter, she was everything for her. She worshiped her and fulfilled her wishes. The idea of sending it far after high school would often give its nightmares and many white nights. But life has taken a reverse twist and the couple lost his beloved child as soon as his cancer diagnosis.
Another good news
It was as if she had lost her motive again in her life, she was completely broken by the loss of her child and did not know what to do in her life. Leo has managed to handle it. After a few years, things started to come back to normal when they welcomed their son in the world, but it was difficult for Norma to forget his first child. Would that affect their relationship in the long run?
The link
She loved her son dearly, but no one could fill the void in his heart that Stacey's death had created. Nevertheless, she managed to pay attention to the education of the child. But because of the earlier incidence, they lacked warmth in their link and the kid felt closer to his father than his mother. They would talk from time to time, otherwise the silence would prevail in the room.
To grow
Although the kid has never been close to her mother, he has also grown to be adventurous like her. But there was a slight difference between the two and it was used to living the nomadic life he always dreamed and Norma would only fancy about it. She would often blame her age and her knees so as not to have directed her, while her son Tim would take every obstacle as a challenge.
Soulmates
There was no doubt in the minds of parents that Tim married someone who would be like him outgoing and adventurous. So when he told them about Ramie, they were more than happy and soon, the young couple married in the church of the date of the decision.
Vaccination
After Tim left with Ramie, the house seemed to love a prison in Leo. Although he has always been prepared for the same thing, the link he shared with the kid made him impossible for him to adapt to the calm of the house. However, Norma did not feel any emptiness of this type.
Change
Things change as the seasons of the year. Leo would often normally come out of his comfort zone even after his persistent refusals. But with time, Leo's health was deteriorating too. He could not do the daily tasks of the day and often fall on the floor, even going to the bathroom. Things surely worsened.
Courageous
Norma acted as his knight in brilliant armor and manages the situation bravely. But things came out of his hands as Leo was soon in bed and was unable to move a little. He often forget things and always stayed sad. Even the presence of Norma could not make his sadness disappear. He would often keep the phone next to him that Tim's calls had become his only motivation to wake up the next morning.
The phone call
While Leo's health continued to deteriorate, she had nothing but a choice to call her son because he was now the only one to save his life. He was surprised and without losing more time than he booked his tickets with his wife and packed their business to leave for the train station.
Home
As expected Leo's happiness was at the top when he saw his son enter his room. Finally, Norma could see a great transition in his health and was happy with the same thing. The other night, Leo even started talking and told the children of his life implications and Norma was happy to look at things back on the track. Was it true?
A break
But the hope of Leo's recovery was a fantasy. The next day, they were surprised when they discovered that Leo died in her sleep. For Norma, it seemed that the time had stopped for a moment. She was completely taken from the death of her husband. He was not just his husband but his best friend too and the loss was beyond the recovery for her. Would it be able to deal with the loss?
Revelation
Tim and Ramie decided to come back for a few more days. Norma started feeling better like past days. But his body has begun unexpectedly to undergo changes. Tim was worried as he became aware of the symptoms and without losing more time, he has set an appointment with the doctor.
CHECK-UPS
Even after refusing a million times, they took him to the hospital. Soon, the doctor had taken all the necessary samples and the family was waiting for the results. Tim and Ramie were worried but Norma was calm and ready for everything that would come on his way. She had been so usual surprises that now she did not feel any anxiety about the same thing.
Results
The couple impatiently waited for the results and prayed for his well-being. The doctor called them in the room for further discussion. They were nervous and kept their breath while the doctor took a break before driving them. The doctor stated that Norma was at the 4th stage of endometrial cancer who is a surprise for his children.
The decisions
The doctor started to advise them on the treatment that Norma could suffer to slow down the effect of cancer. She was sitting there listening when he said she could undergo surgery, chemo or radio, but she did not pronounce a word. Tim and Ramie looked at her to know her decision and what she said afterwards, not only surprised people in the room, but also made them smile and make them forget the tensions for a moment.
Unexpected response
"She said," Nope, I'm not doing anything, "said Bauerschmidt's wife, and everyone was shocked by his statement that Tim and Ramie had already decided to take them with them, but It seemed that Norma already had his own projects. What was in his mind?
Plans
She took a break for 2 minutes while everyone's eyes were widespread on her, she said, "I'm 90," she says. "I hit the road. Let's get fun. I do not want to pass another minute in the doctor's office. The doctor was amazed by her reaction because he had never seen a patient as she previously. Was it easy for it because it seemed like?
Dream
She had always dreamed of nomadic life, far from the agitation of daily routines. Watching the sunset in a place and feel the brushing of fresh air against his face and his birds that fell at dawn in another country. Now it seemed to him that life gave him a chance to be this vagabond in the last years of his life.
Packaging bags
Shortly after their return from the hospital, Norma started packing his bags. Tim and his wife were still worried about his decision so that they decided to talk to him again. But that seemed to have already made his decision and was firm of his decision. So, they also sold themselves to his decision and started packing to hit the roads again but now with their mother next to them. Tim was both excited and nervous. Would this trip bring a change in their relationship?
New beginnings
They already had a motorhome, so there was not much to think and at the Broken Norma, Tim and Ramie dawn, as well as their ringe caniche started their journey. Norma had never been out of the Michigan where she lived with her husband so her son thought of what would be better than starting with the famous places of their own state.
Visit Heartland
They started their journey by visiting the heart that was associated with 12 US states, two of them were Michigan and Ohio. They wanted to take the trip slowing down so that medical assistance is needed, they could get it a priority. But Norma seemed to be carefree and wanted to enjoy his days as much as she could.
Trust
Tim and Ramie also thought about going with the flow and prepared for risk and adventure. They were made to bring the dream to life Norma, the exposed trio on their adventure 15 000 000 in the United States. And over the next 4 months, they traveled more than 5000 miles across 13 states.
Vagabond norma
In the journey that followed, she did everything she might have refused to do before. She went to watch the famous NBA games whaling ships in the northwest Pacific. She went up in a safari among the dangerous animals and even tried zip lining without hesitation.
Carefree
On this trip, she had a point she eat and drink all she wanted and would visit a number of places and explore all the tiny but important things that would otherwise ignored as eating her favorite cake and do her nails. . "She went quickly she loved the tart key lime," said his stepdaughter on his Vlog.
Inspiring people
They were traveling once in their camper and Ramie thought there might be many people who fight like Norma. Their life could be confined to their beds and chemotherapy clinics. Then she thought about the ways through which it could inspire them with the history of their mother and give them hope for a promising future. But what could they do to materialize this idea?
Driving Norma
Ramie found a catchy title for his new blog and named it "drive Norma." With this, they wanted to connect to the public in the world and share the experience to raise the spirits of the population. Norma was also excited by this new business and connecting with new people was like exploring unknown cities.
new experiences
Everywhere she went people to be nice to her and welcoming, some days she would have invitations to taste the wine of other days, people would offer him a ride on a horse. His name is written on the side of the boat. She happily shared all his experiences with his friends online via its Vlog.
Christmas all the way
With Christmas approaching, everyone is busy in preparation. It was time that Norma had puddings then Tim and Ramie suggested him to try new recipes this Christmas. It also, without delay of all the dessert recipes she could try. They also shared the images on Facebook and comment section was flooded with admiration and praise.
New Year New Start
Time seemed to fly and soon a new year was at their door with new adventures and opportunities. The trio Ringo constantly traveling to different places without stopping. Ramie and Tim have done their best to make the dream of Norma is reality. His trip was not just a landmark for the elderly but also inspired to live their lives and explore untreated roads.
Birthday
In March, Norma was 91, she was more than happy, full of life and excited by new experiences arriving by road. Ramie had already mailed her birthday and she soon began receiving numerous wishes and bouquets. It was his first birthday without her husband, but no matter how many gifts, nothing could replace his wishes and warmth. However, the love she received had somehow filled the void.
Florida calling
After celebrating his birthday, they resumed their journey and continued to explore further. Florida has become their next stop and luckily they arrived at the best time of the year. Albuquerque City hosted the International Festival of the ball and the sky was filled with colorful balloons forming rainbows rainbows everywhere.
Wishlist
Norma saw the sight of the colorful balloons and wished she had been there with Leo. When Leo was still alive, he had expressed his desire to ride in a hot balloon with Norma and so he treated papers after his death, they found numerous commercials he had collected in his important documents. She was sad but she had had no idea of the surprise that his son provided her.
The return trip
After a few days in Florida, it was time to bid the goodbye place. The inhabitants of the motel in which they stayed were instantly linked to Norma and watching his leave seemed difficult for them. Especially since the maintenance guy had become emotional when he heard about their departure date so he thought of giving him something special during his last day in Florida.
Gift
He has prepared a doll alone and arises at Norma on his last day in Florida. She was touched by her act and if submerged to speak anything. But when Tim posed about the story of his emotional act, he said he saw the image of his mother in her who had died recently and that he was still guilty he does not could not devote himself a lot of time to her when she was alive.
Surprise
Soon another year was about to end and they had traveled kilometers in this period of time, approximately they traveled nearly 13,000 miles and slept in more than 75 locations in 32 states. I inspired many people and gave many interviews on T.V. But there were a lot of things that Norma had always tried, but she did not see coming was a special surprise that her son had planned. What was this surprise?
Red letter day
Norma gradually lived the nomadic life of his dreams, doing everything she wanted to do. But there was a wish that remains uncontrolled from his checklist and who had to go up in a hot air balloon. So, his son surprised her for her birthday and booked her tickets for the International Festival of the Ballon.
Excited
She had a feeling of mixed enthusiasm as well as nervousness, but there was not much time to think. She just wanted to go, whatever the consequences. After Leo's death, it seemed like a Farfalu dream, but when his son surprised her with the gift that her happiness was beyond any explanation.
The diary
Although Ramie wrote blogs and took pictures where they went, Norma also maintained her diary. She wrote about all the pleasant things that had occurred, the new people she had encountered or the food she had tried. But there was no page that described his grief. She just wanted to write about happy moments of her life.
End
Finally, the 14 months trip had ended and they were at home. But many things had changed in this period and the most important was his relationship with his son. He had grown up and they had returned that ever. And the unknown vacuum seemed to evaporate.
The first book
Ramie suggested compiling his trip to a book in order to share his trip and experience all over the world. And without wasting time, Tim went to a publisher for the same thing. Soon, they were able to share his experience through his book that had the same title as his blog "Ms. Norma" and, as planned, he was very well received by the people and became a huge blow.
No regrets
Life is very strange and we do not know the next moment, each plan seems to fail in front of surprises that life gives. Everything was perfect but Norma's health started to deteriorate. The whole world prayed for its well-being, but it knew that its end was near. She had no regrets nor any wishes, she had filled each of them and was ready to embrace the next step.
Today we let go
She died on September 30, 2016. Her family informed her disappearance through her Facebook page with famous rums lines that said: "Life is a balance, between holding and letting go. ~ Rumi. Today, we drop Go Go ". Although everyone is prepared, he had always struck it hard. She could have left this world but the inspiration she had given to people and loved that she had received remaining immortal.