05/28/2026
Lesson 6: When Melissa relapsed again just days before leaving for the University of Pennsylvania, there was nothing left to do. Nothing except live—which Melissa continued to do with passion. Throughout all the challenges, Melissa viewed herself as always living, never dying. She decided to go to UPenn anyway. For eight short weeks, Melissa embraced life as a "college kid."
Melissa never stopped living—a joyous, "turn your head to the sky and shout" kind of living. Melissa taught us that life isn't measured by its length, but by how fully we choose to live it.💙🦋