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Elizabeth Edwards
I was actually going to post this on Monday when she released statement stating she had stopped cancer treatments. Now it is more befitting, I was so sad to hear that she died on yesterday. Regardless of how we THINK we may have handled her situation, I found she was poised/classy/inspiring throughout her entire ordeal. She was brave to fight much of her battle within the public eye.
Elizabeth Edwards' legacy: toughness amid tragedyBy MIKE BAKER and JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press ? 1 hr 14 mins ago
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? A son dying young. A six-year battle with cancer. A humiliating betrayal.Americans knew Elizabeth Edwards in large part through her tragedies, but more importantly, they knew her for the vitality and determination she showed through them. Her cancer incurable and her former-presidential-candidate husband mired in a paternity scandal, she did not shrink from public life but shared her story and advocated for health-care reform."We can look at that face of courage and realize we can have that, too," said Darlene Gardner, 62, who runs a cancer support group and founded a store in Cary that provides wigs and other items for those with the disease. "It shows you that, in spite of everything that's going on, you can come through anything."Edwards died of cancer Tuesday at her North Carolina home surrounded by her three children, siblings, friends and her estranged husband, John. She was 61.Elizabeth Edwards and her family had informed the public that she had weeks, if not days, left when they announced on Monday that doctors had told her that further treatment would do no good. Ever the public figure, Edwards thanked supporters on her Facebook page."The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered," she wrote. "We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful."Her final days were in the company of her surviving children and their father."He loved Elizabeth," David "Mudcat" Saunders, a political adviser and friend of the family, said of John Edwards. "You climb that many mountains and you go through the deepest valley that two people can possibly go through together ? the loss of a child ? and that makes for an incredible bond." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_elizabeth_edwards;_ylt=Aqz.mn8eB0vVjNUYfbIqd4.MwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTMyNjZvMXFkBGFzc2V0Ay9zL2FwL3VzX2VsaXphYmV0aF9lZHdhcmRzBGNjb2RlA21wX2VjXzhfMTAEY3BvcwM2BHBvcwM2BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDZWxpemFiZXRoZWR3
Re: Elizabeth Edwards
I heard the news yesterday. So sad to hear she passed away at what I believe is a pretty young age. I always thought she was a really classy woman and handled herself with such grace with all the tragedy she has gone through.
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The other day they did a Good Morning America segment on her (before she died- when they just announced her stopping treatment). There was the best quote, from her book. She said (obviously not verbatim or quoted... just how I remember it): "When my kids tell thier kids about their grandma, I hope they say that she stood in the storm. And when the wind didn't blow her way, which it surely has not, she simply adjusted her sails."
Ok... I cried typing that. Haha what an inspirational woman.
That is so beautiful.