The moving gesture of a woman with her best friend mother of six who died of cancer | the Chronicle

Beth Laitpeck Yes Stephanie Culley They met as teenagers in high school and started a friendship that continued into adulthood. Both were present to each other, so much so that one asked the other that their daughters “They will always wear knots in their hair.” One of the friends was hospitalized for a breast cancer.

Laitkep She was 38 when she was diagnosed. She was a single mother of six and died at age 39. Before her death she asked her best friend Culley, of the same age, to take care of his three daughters and his three sons if he dies.

The health of Beth It got worse and her husband left her, but she was there Stephanie hold her friend. The woman knew that she did not have much time left and she was worried about the future of her children. She wanted them to grow up with someone they trusted because she knew they would take good care of them. Will, Selena, Jaxson, Dalla, Lily Yes As.

“If a miracle doesn’t happen and I don’t succeed, can you take my children as yours? was the request of Beth to her best friend, as she said Stephanie a People.

This happened in the state of Virginia, south-east of United States. Culley I do not hesitate to accept the request of her best friend and this is how the six children settled in her home with her husband. Donnie and her three children in the community of Alton.

Sons of Beth continued to go to the hospital to visit their mother, the Cancer it had spread to the spine and brain, but they still hoped it would come out. However, the woman died aged 39 in May 2016, but it was only now that her story was revealed and the world has known the touching gesture of her mother’s best friend.

“I always put a knot in girls’ hair”, counted Culley a People. And she remembered that she had assured her friend that “never” He could replace her but he would love his children as if they were his own.

The couple were granted legal custody of the children two months after the death of Beth. This friendship that started in a high school in County Halifax, Virginia, that followed as they shared their work at Walmart and watched them both become mothers was the impetus for Stephanie He will never doubt his decision.

Although the woman has five brothers, none had enough space to provide for the six children, but her friend and husband could provide it since they worked as contractors and had a 10-room house.

“Some kids have bad days, miss their moms. And I just say I know and we all know it. But in the end, we met. I know it. Beth he is very happy and takes care of us ” ended.