I'm saddened to have to report that The Colon Club has lost another of its Colondar models to this @#^%@$%^ disease. Lindsey Motley, Miss March 2015 in the Colondar 2.0, joined the angels yesterday afternoon, February 23, after having just turned 29 earlier this month. She leaves behind her husband, Jay, and beautiful 2 year old daughter, Lilla, as well as a host of family and friends who loved her, along with thousands of people who followed her story and supported her without ever having met her.
I met Lindsey at the 2015 Colondar shoot and was honored to be able to write her story for the Colondar and for the CC website. One of my favorite memories of her will always be sitting upstairs as others were getting makeup and hair done and just having a conversation....that ultimately became the foundation for her bio. Believe me when I say that she is, without a doubt, the most gracious person I have ever met. I've been lucky to have shared cards, calls, notes and texts with her in the two and a half years I've known her, and I have never once heard her say anything negative -- about anyone, or anything, or most of all the fact that she had to be a cancer survivor in addition to her roles as wife, mother, daughter, and friend. Grace personified. The accolades and memories flooding social media confirm that my assessment is correct.
I'm sure many of you have seen the tributes on social media for her, but I wanted to provide links to some of the stories.
Lindsey's Colondar bioLindsey's CaringBridge page#LindseysLights surprise Lindsey with luminary tribute in Greenville last monthToday's story from the Greenville (SC) NewsRest easy, sweet girl...we will miss you immensely, but we will continue this fight in your name. I promise that when the time is right, we will welcome Lilla into the world of "colorectal kids" with the open arms and unconditional love that you demonstrated so freely, and that she will always have a huge set of proud "aunts" and "uncles" watching over her.
Husband to Staci, diagnosed at age 32
Clinical dx Stage II/III rectal cancer, 7/2009
APR surgery 11/09 leading to...
Pathological dx Stage IIIB, ypT3N1M0, 11/2009
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/staciwillsMember of The Colon Club's Board of Directors