09/02/2026
There are some losses for which words will never be enough.
It is with unimaginable heartbreak that we share the passing of our beloved Sister, Adrianna Showalter.
Even writing those words feels impossible.
How do you explain the loss of someone whose presence was so deeply woven into everything around her? How do you put into words what disappears from the world when someone like Adrianna leaves it?
Today, the world somehow kept moving. People went to work. Cars drove down the road. The sun continued to shine. Life carried on as though nothing had happened.
And yet, for those of us who loved Adrianna, everything has changed.
Our world is different now.
Support Sisterz is different now.
And there is an emptiness that we cannot begin to comprehend, much less explain.
Adrianna was the heart of Support Sisterz. She was our President, our driving force, our voice of reason, our biggest advocate and so often the person quietly making sure that everything - and everyone - was taken care of.
So much of what Support Sisterz has become carries Adrianna’s fingerprints.
Every milestone. Every woman helped. Every family supported. Every event that somehow came together despite the impossible amount of work behind it. Every crazy idea that turned into something meaningful because Adrianna believed we could make it happen.
She didn’t simply lead this organization.
She loved it.
She believed fiercely in its mission because she believed fiercely in people.
And anyone fortunate enough to know Adrianna knows that Support Sisterz was only one piece of the extraordinary person we have lost.
She was a wife. A mother. A sister. A family member. A best friend. A confidante. A fierce advocate for people battling cancer and one of the kindest, most considerate, hardworking and dedicated human beings we have ever known.
She noticed people.
She cared about people.
She showed up.
Again and again and again.
She gave her time, her energy, her heart and all of herself without ever needing recognition for any of it. If something needed to be done, Adrianna did it. If someone needed help, she helped. If someone needed a voice, she used hers.
She made people feel cared for.
She made people feel important.
She made people feel less alone.
And the world was simply better because Adrianna Showalter was in it.
Today, it doesn’t feel fair that a person who gave so much should be gone. It doesn’t feel possible that someone who was such a constant presence in our lives isn’t going to walk through the door, answer the phone, send the text, solve the problem, make us laugh, tell us what we needed to hear or somehow figure out what to do next.
We are devastated.
We are angry.
We are overwhelmed.
And right now, we don’t know how to imagine Support Sisterz or life without her.
There are things that still have to be done. Women still need us. The Combat Cancer Walk is still coming. There are emails to answer, plans to make, decisions to make and a thousand little things Adrianna would have simply picked up and handled.
Right now, doing those things without her feels insurmountable.
But we will.
Not because it doesn’t hurt.
Not because we are ready.
And certainly not because any of us know how to fill the enormous space she has left behind.
We will do it because Adrianna would have.
We will persevere because she taught us how.
And we will honor her by protecting and continuing the mission she poured so much of herself into.
From this day forward, Adrianna will be part of every step we take.
She will be there in every woman Support Sisterz helps.
Every family we wrap our arms around.
Every survivor we celebrate.
Every step at Combat Cancer Walk.
Every finish line.
Every life changed because someone refused to let another woman fight cancer alone.
Her work isn’t finished.
It lives in all of us now.
For the moment, though, we ask for grace.
Grace for Adrianna’s family as they try to comprehend a loss that cannot yet be comprehended.
And grace for those of us at Support Sisterz as we grieve our President, our leader, our friend, our sister and a woman we loved beyond measure while trying to find our footing without her.
Please give her family the time and privacy they need right now.
Messages, memories, stories, photographs and words of love for Adrianna and her family may be sent to [email protected]. Her family will be given access so that, when they are ready, they can see and read just how profoundly she was loved and how far the impact of her life reached.
Someday, perhaps, we will find better words.
Tonight, there are only these:
We love you, Adrianna.
We are heartbroken without you.
The world is not the same without you in it.
And we promise you - we will keep going.
We will take care of what you loved.
We will take care of each other.
And we will carry you with us every step of the way. 🤍
