My very good friend, Lauren Terrazzano, died one year ago today at age 39. This photograph of Lauren with her husband, Al Baker, was taken on Bear Mountain in March 2007, one year after they were married. She died two months later.
Lauren was a phenomenal journalist and my excellent friend since we were in graduate school together. We spent many hours commuting from Manhattan's Upper West Side to Newsday's office on Long Island - telling stories and jokes and obsessing about our careers.
Lauren was diagnosed with lung cancer in August 2004, when she was 36. She fought it off with chemo, surgery and radiation in 2004/05, and a second time soon after she and Al were married. In the last half-year of her life, Lauren wrote a column called "Life, with cancer" that drew readers from across the country. The New York Times also featured her in this story about young adults with cancer.
I miss you, Lauren. I think of you often and wish you were still with us.
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