Updated: March 29, 2022, 10:25 A.M.
Montreal, P.Q.
“…Through you and your inspired-living
is how I wish to leave my legacy.”
Teodoro Alcuitas
Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.com)
The indefatigable fighter has finally ended her fight but her legacy will live on the thousands who she inspired through her digital space as an author, speaker, and wellness advocate.
Natalie Pauline Agustin, known to friends as ‘Nalie’, succumbed to breast cancer on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, ten years after she was first diagnosed at 24,
her family announced on social media. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
She was 33.
Here is what she wanted to be remembered:
I don’t want to be remembered for the clothes I wear, the things I own, the places I’ve been.
I don’t want to be remembered for how I tie a headscarf or how well I pull off short hair.
I don’t want to be remembered for the products I recommend, the treatments I have undergone, or even the remedies
I practice to heal.
I especially don’t want to be remembered for having cancer.
I want to be remembered by how I made you feel in my presence.
I want to be known as the one who remembered your birthday and went all out
to make it special.
I want to be remembered for every time I made you smile or cry tears of joy.
I want to be remembered for always giving it my best and, despite how I felt or what was said, I never stopped believing in me – and you.
I want to be remembered for the way I loved, purely with all my heart and without barriers.
I want to be remembered for the impact I made in your life.
I don’t want to be admired, I want you
to feel inspired.
Through you and your inspired-living
is how I wish to leave my legacy.
“The Diary of Nalie”
Diagnosed in 2013
Agustin was thrust into the limelight when she started chronicling her journey with early stage breast cancer in 2013.
From YouTube to Vlogging to public appearances and finally publishing her diary in the Spring, she candidly documented her entire breast cancer journey -from diagnosis, remission to relapse and in-betweens. Her sharing touched the hearts of millions worldwide creating a movement of empowerment and endless possibilities.
In ‘The Diary of Nalie: A collection of life lessons and reflections shared while thriving through stage IV cancer’, she “unlocks passages in her diary for you to discover her most profound life lessons and reflections learned throughout her journey thriving with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Her deep soul writing takes you on an emotional roller coaster and unveils ways to navigate a journey filled with uncertainty, challenges, setbacks and, more importantly, extraordinary comebacks. The Diary of Nalie is more than a memoir: It is an ode to personal growth – a poetic piece empowering you to live your most meaningful and purposeful life, no matter what you’re going through.” The book became a bestseller in Amazon when it was published in August 2021.
All throughout her journey she was supported by her family and friends especially her immediate family.