Rebecca Hirschi: To the Finish Line

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 2012, amidst cancer treatments, Rebecca Hirschi achieved her goal of running the Boston Marathon. But on New Year's Eve 2020, Hirschi approached another finish line as she was nearing the end of her battle with cancer and was on hospice. That night, she was carried up the stairs by her family. Her daughter and husband got her ready for bed, but when it was time for her evening prayers, Rebecca insisted on kneeling. She said she owed everything to God. Three days later, Rebecca returned to that God who gave her life. In this episode, recorded just a few weeks before she passed, Rebecca shares what she learned about the gift of life and living each day to its fullest.

“The eternal today is what really becomes the focus…each and every day—and the moments within each day—can be lived to its fullest.”

Show Notes:

1:57- Receiving a Diagnosis
5:06- Consciously Breathing
7:03- Fighting Cancer with Faith
8:31- Choosing to Run the Race
16:25- The Healing Power of Gratitude
20:21- Centering in Christ and Calming the Storm
23:50- “Build and Connect”
26:09- The Individual Gift of the Temple
29:45- “Only the Home Can Compare with the Temple in Sacredness.”
33:45- The Magnitude and Significance of Tiny Moments
36:50- “Mount Up With Wings as Eagles”
40:38- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	When we recorded the episode you're about to hear on December 16th just before Christmas,
0:06.4	Rebecca Hershey was on hospice and had been given two to three months to live after a battle with breast cancer.
0:13.6	This past Sunday, January 3rd, I received the following message from her daughter Emma.
0:20.2	Morgan, my mom passed away this morning. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for recording that episode with her.
0:27.0	I just stumbled across her notes and prep for speaking with you and I'm so excited to hear her voice and listen to the interview.
0:35.5	During our interview, I kept thinking about what a treasure this would be for the Hershey family to not only hear Rebecca's voice,
0:43.3	but to hear her testimony.
0:45.1	I just had no idea she would pass before they would hear it for the first time.
0:50.4	So to the Hershey family,
0:52.3	thank you for sharing your wife and mother with us and to all of you listening.
0:57.0	I hope this episode impacts your life the way it did mine.
1:06.2	This is all in an LDS living podcast where we ask the question,
1:10.7	what does it really mean to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:14.6	I'm Morgan Jones and I am so honored to have Rebecca Hershey on the line with me today, Rebecca. Welcome.
1:21.1	No, thank you. It's a pleasure to be with you.
1:24.5	Well, I have to tell listeners that I received a message on Instagram from Rebecca's daughter Emma.
1:33.9	And she told me a little bit about you, Rebecca, and I was blown away by the life that you have led and the example that you've set.
1:43.6	And I'm just so thrilled for listeners to have the chance to talk with you and to learn from your story.
1:52.2	So thank you so much.
1:54.1	And I'll just kind of let's start.
1:56.9	If it's okay with you, I'd like to start.
1:59.4	You were living in Thailand when you found out that you had been diagnosed with cancer.
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