00:00eight and a half years ago i brought home a golden retriever that i had no idea would not only
00:05save
00:05my life but change the lives of millions of people around the world the day we got tucker i made
00:10him
00:11an instagram account to share endless puppy photos without annoying my friends and family and within
00:16months his goofy videos were going viral one after another it happened by accident but by his first
00:22birthday tucker had gained a million followers which grew to the over 27 million he now has
00:28today then the second worst thing in my life happened in 2019 my health took a drastic decline
00:34i was diagnosed with multiple chronic illnesses i was bedridden for months i could barely eat
00:39couldn't bathe myself and i often needed a walker just to move around my home i spent most of my
00:44days laying on the bathroom floor wondering if i was going to die no one truly saw how bad it
00:49got
00:50but tucker did he laid beside me through every moment comforting me when i didn't think i could
00:56take living in a body like that any longer on my better days tucker and i made videos together
01:01from taste test to his goofy reactions to random objects he absolutely loved the camera then covid
01:08hit and suddenly tucker became not only my therapy dog but the world's therapy dog his videos brought
01:14joy and comfort to millions during a time when we all needed it most that was tucker's life mission
01:20to be a beacon of comfort for me and for the world without him i wouldn't be here and from
01:28the messages
01:28that we've received over the years i know that he meant that much to many of you too then the
01:33worst
01:33thing in my life happened tucker developed an aggressive cancer that quickly took his life and
01:38just one week before his cancer diagnosis we unknowingly filmed our last video together
01:43announcing his new book telling this exact story his life his love and everything he gave us it
01:52breaks my heart to know that he won't be here to witness its release but what i do know is
01:57that he
01:58would want us to use this book to continue his life's purpose of helping others many of you have
02:03lovingly asked what you can do to honor tucker's legacy well here is our mission every year about 15 000
02:10children in the u.s are diagnosed with cancer it is our goal to get tucker's book into as many
02:15of
02:15their hands as possible so that they can feel some of the same joy and comfort he gave me when
02:20i was
02:21sick to get us started on this mission we are donating 500 book and squishy sets additionally we
02:26are donating eight thousand dollars to fund golden retriever cancer research through the morris animal
02:31foundation and two thousand dollars to blood cancer united's dare to dream project we ask that you
02:37please help us reach our goal of trying to get tucker's life story into the hands of every single
02:41child who was diagnosed with cancer this year to join us in this effort visit tuckerbook.com so you
02:48can help tucker's legacy live on thank you so much for loving my boy and for helping me carry on
02:54his life's
02:55purpose
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