{"id":11214,"date":"2019-08-21T15:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=259831"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:09","slug":"breast-cancer-warriors-emotional-photoshoot-features-her-husband-shaving-her-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/breast-cancer-warriors-emotional-photoshoot-features-her-husband-shaving-her-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer Warrior\u2019s Emotional Photoshoot Features Her Husband Shaving Her Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

A photoshoot of a fierce and beautiful cancer warrior is going viral, and striking a chord with cancer fighters, survivors, and supporters everywhere.<\/span>After Charlie Johnson was diagnosed with breast cancer, she started undergoing chemotherapy treatments<\/a>. As any breast cancer patient who has faced chemo knows, the threat of losing your hair looms large.<\/span>Johnson and her husband, Kelsey, decided to take control of her impending hair loss and participated in a gorgeous photoshoot. Photographer Mandy Parks captured her bravery and all the different emotions she and her husband experienced before, during, and after the shaving.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cStrong women aren\u2019t simply born. They are made by the storms they walk through. From the pain, mistakes, and heartache we achieve pride and strength.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>When Parks posted the photos to her Facebook page<\/a>, they immediately went viral.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>
\n<\/span>In the post she shared, Parks commended Johnson for her strength and hoped the photos would inspire other breast cancer warriors fighting the disease.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>She wrote<\/a>:<\/span>\u201cStrong women aren\u2019t simply born. They are made by the storms they walk through. From the pain, mistakes, and heartache we achieve pride and strength.<\/span>\u201cI don\u2019t know who needs to see this today. Or yesterday. Or someone you know might get this phone call tomorrow. Show them what strength looks like. Let them know they are not alone. Stand by them as they kick this like the warrior they are!<\/span>\u201cThank you to Charlie Johnson<\/a> and Kelsey Johnson for allowing me to capture the pain, beauty and bravery it took to spread this message. Prayers to you both in the fight! I love you guys!<\/span>\u201cThank you to Whitney Wyatt for being there along side us for the beautiful hair and makeup!\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>Hundreds of thousands of people have liked, commented, and shared the post since it was posted. Johnson\u2019s show of strength encouraged other survivors to post their own pictures of shaved heads and cancer treatment in the comment section, turning the thread into a beautiful place of support, love, and bravery.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cI don\u2019t know who needs to see this today. Or yesterday. Or someone you know might get this phone call tomorrow. Show them what strength looks like. Let them know they are not alone. Stand by them as they kick this like the warrior they are!\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>The outpouring of support prompted a friend of the couple to start a GoFundMe<\/a> for Johnson.<\/span>\u201cShe is a loving mom, wife, daughter, nurse and so many more roles in her everyday life,\u201d Savannah Hicks wrote on the GoFundMe page<\/a>. \u201cShe would never ask for a penny, but we know how loved she is, so we are starting this account for anyone who would like to donate to her during this new chapter of her life! All money received will go to help with her expenses.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>Hicks is also selling merchandise<\/a> like t-shirts and hoodies inspired by Johnson to help her out as well.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>\u201cThank you to Charlie Johnson and Kelsey Johnson for allowing me to capture the pain, beauty and bravery it took to spread this message. Prayers to you both in the fight! I love you guys!\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Mandy Parks Photography<\/span>We wish the best for Johnson and her family. You are truly an inspiration!<\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A photoshoot of a fierce and beautiful cancer warrior is going viral, and striking a chord with cancer fighters, survivors, and supporters everywhere.After Charlie Johnson was diagnosed with breast cancer, she started undergoing chemotherapy treatments. As any breast cancer patient who has faced chemo knows, the threat of losing your hair looms large.Johnson and her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44451,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11214\/revisions\/44451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}