Woman Wedded Love Of Her Life One Day Before He Died Of A Brain Tumour Aged Just 22

Feb 01, 2020 by apost team

At 22 years old, Navar Herbert led a life that would be the envy of even the most successful person. Playing rugby professionally with the Nerang Bulls, Navar was in love with the woman of his dreams, Maia Falwasser. Together, Navar and Maia had a baby son, Kyrie, and were looking forward to the rest of their lives together.

All of Navar and Maia’s amazing plans were shattered when Navar was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer known as a sarcoma. Despite the grim diagnosis, Navar and Maia were determined to get married. Doctors determined that Navar’s cancer had spread and there was nothing more they could do to help him. With just hours to live, Navar married Maia in a beautiful but heart-wrenching ceremony last year.

Herbert, too weak to walk, was carried to meet his beautiful bride, as shown in the video below and reported by The Mirror. After an unforgettable ceremony surrounded by family and friends in their back garden, on Australia's gold coast, Herbert's friends performed the traditional Māori dance the Haka, to commemorate his New Zealand nationality. 

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As doctors unfortunately predicted, Herbert passed away shortly after the ceremony. Sadly, his funeral was held on the couple's son Kyrie's first birthday. 

"Today my heart is heavy and sad, I lost my best friend, husband and the father to our son. I feel absolutely showered in LOVE by friends and family, this is a hard time, however, I do find my strength and refuge in everybody's support. " she wrote on the GoFundMe page that was set up in order to raise money to fly Herbert's body back to his home country of New Zealand. 

Our condolences to the Herbert family. We are happy they at least got to have a ceremony to celebrate their love for each other. Make sure you pass this heartbreaking story along to your friends and family.