Karina's faith was very important to her and it embed her life with passion and purpose. This didn't mean that she didn't have dark times when she had pain that wouldn't get relieved or her cancer wouldn't continue to progress. Having cancer challenged every aspect of her life- including how she viewed her self, her relationships to loved ones, family and friends, and her relationship to God. She never asked for her cancer to be taken away, but rather that He be with her. She