Cardwell was the mother of two daughters, 11-year-old Kaitlyn and eight-year-old Kylee.

It’s like she is always brushing everything off and acting like everything is fine."

Cardwell had just been diagnosed with advanced cancer at the time.

Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell green sweater

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According toUCLA Health, only 10-20% of patients with advanced adrenal cancer live past five years.

Family matriarch June Shannon was determined to make her daughter’s last days memorable.

Anna Cardwell purple hair

By this time, she needed a wheelchair to get around comfortably.

“We did stuff as a family, and that’s really what Anna wants to do.”

It was a memorable time for the family and the last time they would spend with their Chickadee.

Less than two weeks later, she passed away peacefully at home.

“Fly high sweet angel,” Efirdwrotein an Insta Story.