The 2-year-old son of CNN correspondent Rene Marsh, Blake, has died after a battle with pediatric brain cancer.
Marsh announced the tragic news on social media on Thursday along with a series of photos of her late son.
“In your 25 months on earth, you showed me how much strength I had stored in the reserve that I didn’t know I had. You taught me to resist. You taught me a depth of love that I have never experienced, ”Marsh said.
“You inspired me to move on when I wanted to give up. You helped me prioritize what is really important in this life. “
Blake, who “changed forever” Marsh, died on April 14, just a month after his second birthday. She and her husband Kedric Payne welcomed Blake in March 2019.
“I feel blessed and honored to have been your mother. I wish I had more time together, but I am grateful for the time we have had,” he continued.
Marsh rushed about her son’s ability “to bring laughter and happiness to any room you were in” and his love for “crossing the neighborhood with your front-end electric car …”
The journalist not only lamented the loss of her boyfriend, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2019, but also the loss of “all the dreams and hopes a mother has for a child.”
“I lost my motherhood and I’m sorry for everything. I dedicate myself to fighting pediatric cancer the rest of my life, “he concluded.” I will not only save other parents from this unbearable pain, but I will do so to honor you forever, Blake. Your life was not in vain my sweet angel.
“Mom loves you and I hope to have a kiss and kiss you again when we meet again.”
In an opinion piece for CNN published on February 4, 2021, Marsh wrote that she and her husband were assured by doctors for six months that their son’s cancer was in remission, but in November they stayed. ” blinded “by their return and spread.
After the announcement of Blake’s death, she he tweeted, “Thank you to all the #JohnsHopkins doctors and nurses who cared for and loved Blake for the past year and a half.”