Former News 13 reporter Amanda Evans Clark is still trying to figure out what life as a single mom and widow is like.

"When people say, 'You seem so strong,' failure is not really an option when you have a child," said Amanda, whose husband, Joe Clark, died in November after a long battle with colon cancer.

Since then, Amanda has been taking every day and every new challenge as it comes.

One challenge this week: Finding the right words to say at Joe's memorial in Orlando on Sunday.

"I think my purpose, at this point, is just to feel like his life matters, not for it to just go away, because he was a force to be reckoned with," Amanda said.

One of the ways she lives that purpose is through the couple's blog, Cocktails and Chemo, which Amanda still updates, and her recently formed Cocktails and Chemo Foundation, dedicated to help young caregivers of cancer.

Amanda left her job at News 13 in 2014 to take care of Joe. She and Joe started the blog when he was first diagnosed in 2011, right before their wedding. It now has more than 17,000 followers combined on Facebook (Cocktails & Chemo) and Twitter (@CocktailsNChemo).

Amanda has reached other cancer wives around the world and started a support group for young cancer families like herself and her 1-year-old daughter, Mira Joey.

"I feel like we need to be supporting the people who are supporting the people with cancer, because when someone gets a cancer diagnosis, it's not just that person," she explained.

Amanda is also working to spread awareness about colon cancer, especially during March, which is Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

Joe's case was a rarer one. He had Lynch syndrome and was diagnosed at the age 28. Colon cancer ran in his family; his father died from it in 2012.

Ten percent of colon cancer cases are inherited — Lynch syndrome makes up 3 percent — and 90 percent of cases are sporadic.

Dr. Sreeram Maddipatla, Joe's oncologist at Orlando Health, recommends that anyone over 50 undergo regular colonoscopies, or if it runs in your family, start getting them as early as 20.

"Colonoscopies save lives, because they do find precancerous lesions that develop into full blown cancers," Maddipatla said.

Early detection is key to surviving the deadly disease, and it's a message Amanda will continue to spread this month.

Joe Clark's memorial, scheduled for Sunday, March 8, from noon–2 p.m. at the Enzian Theater in Maitland, is open to the public.