Samuel Johnson shares touching tribute to sister Connie in her final days
A year after his beloved sister and mother-of-two, Connie, chose to stop treatment for her terminal breast cancer, Aussie actor Samuel Johnson has taken to Facebook to share a touching tribute to her as she approaches her final days.
“Thanks for showing me that life is what we make it to be,” he wrote. “Thanks for teaching me that now can still be awesome, even when you've so nearly run out of now and have no more real awesome left.
“I wish I could soften your pain, or lessen your fear, or give you something tangible, but tangible clearly isn't in season. I'm proud to walk you to the hardest part of the road. The end. The only part of the road in your life that must sadly be travelled alone.
“Chin up please, amidst the growing dark my girl. Shoulders back. Stand tall through that savage march, stand big and tall, dear sister, for you have lived a life to be proud of.
“You've loved well, and you've been loved well which is all that really matters in the end, I suspect. I won't finish with I love you, though of course I do.
“I'll finish with a simple thanks. Thanks for holding my hand along the way. It's been a stunning f***ing ride. I want another turn, for we've spent our lives taking turns, but cancer is greedier and stronger than us. For now.”
The heartfelt post has received more than 100,000 likes, almost 10,000 comments and over 8,000 shares, from those who, despite never having met Samuel nor Connie, feel they’ve been on the heartbreaking journey with them.