THE SUNRISE CHASERS
Marilyn Murray with Sharon van Niekerk, Angela Williams, Zelda Roman, Judy Henderson, Michael van Niekerk, Jessie van Niekerk and Ashleigh Roman
After a series of black outs and acute loss of vision, 73 yearold Marilyn Murray was confronted with the devastating news that she had a rare brain tumour. Already large, the tumour was also in a dangerous location, her doctors said.
A naturally positive, light hearted, glasshalffull person, Marilyn was shaken by the news but chose to stay true to her core values in life: ‘One day at a time. This too shall pass. I will overcome.’
‘I’ve been through a lot in this life,’ she says. ‘This is not the first mountain I’ve climbed, and it won’t be the last. I just have to keep the faith and lean into my incredible support system, and I will get through this.’
Her family, shocked and saddened, banded together to set in motion something they had long discussed but never begun: watching the sunrise together and embracing the possibilities that each new day brings with it.
This story is from the March/April 2022 edition of Fairlady.
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