Reuters photographer @darrinzl took the first photo of his daughter, Rebecca, moments after she was born. Fifteen years later, he took the last photo of his daughter moments after she died of cancer reut.rs/3tmNrRW 1/7 
As a photojournalist it was only natural that he documented every moment of the beautiful life of Becs, as mom Marisa and dad called her 2/7
Like the time she was 2 and her face looks lit up from within. The time she was onstage dancing, only 12 but defying gravity with grace and poetry. The time she was playing in a field of wildflowers with our dog Cookie, her smile as big as the sky 3/7
It was hard to document her illness and death from a rare and extremely aggressive form of bone cancer, like the time she sat in darkness receiving IV fluids after chemotherapy, her long and lovely dark hair a memory 4/7
Or the time she hugged her teddy bear Snuggles tight amid a terrible series of procedures they thought could save her 5/7
Her condition nosedived late at night on Christmas Eve. Several days later she slipped into a deep coma and never regained consciousness 6/7
Her parents carried on talking to her. They say that hearing is the last thing to go, so it was paramount to keep having her listen to their voices
Read more about the life of Becs: reut.rs/32dzw4K 7/7
Read more about the life of Becs: reut.rs/32dzw4K 7/7
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