John & Ella Travolta Honoring Kelly Preston's Memory
- John Travolta and daughter Ella shared a video of them slow dancing in memory of wife and mother Kelly Preston
- Preston passed away in July after a two year long battle with breast cancer
- Families who have been impacted by cancer tells SurvivorNet that they’ve been able to cope with their emotions by taking up activities once enjoyed by loved ones
On Instagram, Travolta shared a video of him and Ella, 20, enjoying a precious father-daughter dance in memory of Preston’s favorite past time hitting the dance floor with her family. The pair swayed to a jazz beat while Travolta took initiative to twirl Ella around the room, and despite both of them grieving, it clearly was a very special moment for both of them.
Read MorePreston, known for her roles in Jerry McGuire and Gotti, passed away at the age of 57 after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Travolta broke the news of his wife’s passing through Instagram, where he revealed that she had been undergoing treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Her daughter Ella also shared a tribute in Preston’s honor, applauding her strength, bravery, and loving nature.
Honoring A Loved One’s Memory After Cancer
Everyone copes with losing a loved one differently, and for some, it might mean taking up hobbies and activities that remind you of them. Camila Legaspi lost her mom to breast cancer when she was in high school, and while grieving, she learned an important lesson that she’s sharing with the SurvivorNet community.
"I actually took this sadness and let it motivate me," Camila told SurvivorNet. "I learned that it's OK to be sad sometimes. It's OK to carry sadness with you … it's not always a bad thing. It makes you who you are and it gives you a story to tell and it helps you teach other people to cope with their sadness."
Once entering college, Camila turned to writing to help her cope with emotions she felt as a result of losing her mother. She says her mother was always a creative person, and she used that creativity to influence her poetry, fiction, and contributions in Princeton University’s campus magazine.
“My mom was a very creative person. So I was actually able to take this very creative part of her and use that to define me, instead of just her death,” Camila says. “I’ve learned to have it impact me in a positive way, and not for it to have just been a sad story. [Like] this really tragic thing happened to her, and this is how she grew from it, and these are the awesome things she did because of it, and these are the poetry pieces and the fiction pieces she wrote as a result of it, and so using it for a better purpose.”
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