My wife Cas has shown unconditional compassion, love, dedication, loyalty, determination, and commitment to her role as a caregiver since my brain cancer diagnosis only months after we got married when she was only 26. She’s attended every doctor’s appointment, brain scan, and radiation appointment; making sure I haven’t had to navigate a single step of this process alone. She stayed in my hospital room every night between seizure and surgery, never leaving my side. She spent my 12 cycles of chemo on the phone with insurance companies and pharmacies for up to 16 hours a month fighting for me to get medical care while working full-time to ensure I’d get treatment. Without her, I wouldn’t have been able to receive chemo treatment at all due to the obstacles in place that she took on full responsibility to handle to keep me alive. Not only did she take on all of this administrative work, but she also has written me songs and published poetry in 3 poetry books since my diagnosis.