A Christian blogger and mother-of-four who begged fellow cancer sufferer Brittany Maynard not to end her life has died aged 38 . Kara Tippetts , an author from Colorado Springs , Colorado , passed away on Sunday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer , a friend wrote on Tippetts ' website , Mundane Faithfulness . 'She refused to be defined by cancer and considered every moment a gift and an opportunity to learn more about Grace and trusting God , ' friend Blythe Hunt wrote . Last October , Tippetts penned an open letter to Maynard , a terminal brain cancer patient and a physician-assisted suicide advocate who had decided to take her own life before her suffering worsened . Loss : Kara Tippetts , an author and a married mother-of-four pictured undergoing chemotherapy last year , passed away on Sunday following a lengthy battle with breast cancer . She was just 38 . Tippetts wrote to her : 'You have been told a lie . A horrible lie , that your dying will not be beautiful . That the suffering will be too great . ' I pray ( my words ) reach the multitudes that are looking at your story and believing the lie that suffering is a mistake , that dying is n't to be braved , that choosing our death is the courageous story . ' She went on : 'In your choosing your own death , you are robbing those that love you with the such tenderness , the opportunity of meeting you in your last moments and extending you love in your last breaths . ' But Tippetts also thanked Maynard for sharing her story and told her she loved her . Speaking in an earlier interview , Maynard had explained : 'There is not a cell in my body that is suicidal or that wants to die . I want to live . I wish there was a cure for my disease but there 's not . ' Plea : She famously penned an open letter to Brittany Maynard , the 29-year-old brain cancer sufferer ( pictured ) who took her life last November . Tippetts had pleaded with Maynard to die naturally . Maynard , who was married , died on November 1 , 2014 aged just 29 . After the letter was shared thousands of times online , Tippetts ' book , 'The Hardest Peace ' , soared to number 14 on Amazon 's bestseller list . Tippetts said she was shocked . ' I knew I wanted ( Maynard ) to be able to hear my letter and feel my love , but I never expected to be in this position , ' she told the Colorado Springs Gazette . ' I never expected to be this voice , but it 's an important conversation so I 'm entering it . ' Tippetts also leaves behind her husband Jason , whom she married in 1998 , and their children Eleanor Grace , Harper Joy , Lake Edward and Story Jane . Her husband founded the Westside Church in Colorado Springs . In December , her publishers confirmed she had entered hospice care . Family : Tippetts , a Christian blogger , is pictured with her pastor husband Jason and their four children . Final post : On March 12 , she shared this picture to Facebook showing her with her husband Jason , writing : 'Today I 'm fading , I can see it in the tears in his eyes ... May we continue to enjoy each moment ' In her final blog post on March 10 , Tippetts said a nurse had told her she had just days to live - 'News I frankly do n't believe , ' she wrote . ' I do see where cancer is having it 's way with my body , ' she went on . 'Where I 'm growing weaker or pain is growing stronger . It 's been made clear to me I 'm fading . I 'm just in denial ... ' I feel too young to be in this battle , but maybe I 'm not in a battle at all . Maybe I 'm on a journey , and the journey is more beautiful than any of us can comprehend . ' Then on March 12 , she shared a photo to Facebook showing her smiling beside her husband . 'Today I 'm fading , I can see it in the tears in his eyes , ' she wrote . 'There is going to be grace for this ... May we continue to enjoy each moment . Will you do the same ? '
Kara Tippetts , from Colorado Springs , Colorado , passed away on Sunday . Tippetts , the author of two books and a popular blog , had written a letter to Brittany Maynard in October urging her not to take her life . Maynard , who had terminal brain cancer , had been an advocate of doctor-assisted suicide and took her life on November 1 , when she was just 29 . Tippetts blogged about her disbelief that she was dying but suggested she was 'on a journey more beautiful than any of us can comprehend '