article_snippet.sent: Caledonia, Michigan (CNN)Ben and Shelby Offrink met in college.
article_snippet.sent: Ben was sneaky," says Shelby.
article_snippet.sent: Yeah, I wanted to meet Shelby," says Ben, "and that was the best way I could figure out.
article_snippet.sent: Ben, now 34, and Shelby, a newly minted 30-year-old, were married and raising little Maeve, 3, and baby Hazel, 3 months, in Caledonia, Michigan, when life suddenly turns upside down.
article_snippet.sent: But that didn't stop Shelby fighting spirit or Shelby sense of humor.
article_snippet.sent: "Even outside of We community, people We don't even know," adds Shelby, wiping a tear from Shelby eye.
article_snippet.sent: Maeve, who is 4 years old now, and Hazel, 1, will have a home with " Ben's brother if the worst is to happen, and friends are setting up fundraisers for the girls' education.
article_snippet.sent: But that's not the focus of " Ben and Shelby's fight.
article_snippet.sent: Yeah, we have two little ladies we have to take care of,Shelby Shelby says, "and lots of family and friends that care about we."
article_snippet.sent: Shelby's not just doing it for Shelby, Shelby's doing it for Shelby whole family, especially Shelby girls and Shelby husband, Ben," said Jay Tomczak, Shelby's older brother.