<p>Billions of dollars on cancer research and theres still no cure…another terrific lady lost her battle.</p>
<p>I loved that poem. I have it on my FB.
EE said on Oprah that she did not fear death as much because she was going to see her son. I know she wanted to see her children grow up.
Let her legacy remind you all. get your mammograms, do not ignore lumps. Redness pain hot to the touch, is another type of BC dont ignore this. (inflamatory). do your monthly SBE’s.</p>
<p>Lafalum84, I think you are right. I remember reading once, years ago, that she said that having lost a child, she knew that the worst day of her life was behind her.</p>
<p>* she said that having lost a child, she knew that the worst day of her life was behind her. *</p>
<p>True…but I think it’s also very painful facing death when you know that you’re leaving minor children behind.</p>
<p>*I hope Elizabeth is enjoying the sweetest reunion right now with her son Wade, *</p>
<p>What a wonderful thought.</p>
<p>Hero: a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for brave deeds and noble qualities</p>
<p>I’m thinking this definition, adapted from Dictionary.com, applies beautifully to EE’s life. I know I’m inspired by the way she lived her life and the messages she’s left behind. </p>
<p>Her quote about adjusting her sails when the winds didn’t blow her way certainly resonates with me. We all need to move forward even when the wind is not blowing our way. Many of us know somebody who let the death of a child destroy them or who used a marital affair to poison the reputation of the offending parent in the eyes of their children. EE managed to survive both and still move forward with her life gracefully.</p>
<p>I’d say Cate, Emma Claire and Jack will have wonderful memories and grand stories to share with their children about the grandmother they will never know; about her character and the example she has set for them. Eventually her children will find comfort in knowing they come from such strong stock.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, what more can a mother want? Peaceful rest, Elizabeth~</p>
<p>I was at the train station at 8:30 this morning, and I was shocked to see a stack of People magazines with Elizabeth Edwards on the cover, with the caption, “1949-2010.” Somehow those magazines were printed and distributed less than 24 hours after she died. Clearly they had them ready to go, just waiting for the bad news. I found this quite disrespectful.</p>
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I agree- what the heck did she see in him?</p>
<p>Read more: [Elizabeth</a> Edwards R.I.P. - Swampland - TIME.com](<a href=“Elizabeth Edwards R.I.P. | TIME.com”>Elizabeth Edwards R.I.P. | TIME.com)</p>
<p>^^^^I’ve read that lots of publications keep obituaries on file for celebrities that they can quickly edit and put out on a moment’s notice if need be. Does seem a little creepy.</p>
<p>I don’t find the People magazine thing disrespectful unless it turns out that that the article is sensational in some way (I haven’t read it yet). It was clear she was going to die soon (though not as soon as it actually happened).</p>
<p>^^there must have been someone at People who was given access; they were the ones who broke the story on Monday…</p>
<p>Of course newspapers, network news, etc., keep an obituary file. No editor has the time to do all the research required to create a good obituary on a major news figure in the limited time before they have to go to press or go on camera. The alternative would be something along the lines of “OMG, <blank> died. We’ll tell you an organized story about her life in a few hours.” Then another news outlet with an obit file would scoop the story.</blank></p>
<p>Keeping obit files up-to-date used to be the job of new (cub) reporters. I expect these days the news media mostly uses Wikipedia and the story off the wire services.</p>
<p>Ive been away and just now getting back to this thread. I stand by my last post here. I consider 61 young because it is too young to die. Sorry not everyone agrees. I spoke to my friend who is battling a similar cancer recurrence today. She was shaken by Elizabeth Edwards death as I knew she would be. I reminded her that their medical protocols were different but the truth is we both know the odds are against her and the clock keeps ticking.</p>
<p>^Yes, I agree. 61 is too young. My mom died from breast cancer at 70. She was just starting to enjoy the best years of her life with her grown children and grandchildren. Elizabeth will never see that. Too young.</p>
<p>There is a difference in my mind between saying that 61 is young to die and calling a woman in her sixties a “young woman” although I do see what you’re saying, Ebeeee. Death contextualizes age in a different way than other things do. At 52, I know longer would describe myself as a young woman, but it is young in terms of life expectancy. I am not unsympathetic to this family’s pain; my own mother died of breast cancer at the young age of 46 when I was not much older than her children.</p>
<p>Very sad but frustrated. Elizabeth Edwards and LatetoSchool, two great ladies lost to cancer… When are we going to find a cure?</p>
<p>Having young children made Elizabeth seem younger. Those kids spent most of their lives with a mom with cancer (since she fought it for 6 years). I’m sure they knew this day could come far too soon for their mom and for them. Elizabeth said once when they talked about the fact that her cancer had returned, she asked, “Who at this table is not going to die?” and they understood that all of us are going to die, and most of us don’t know when. </p>
<p>Still, my mom lost her mother when she was 14 (to a sudden stroke, she died 48 hours later). She said she used to be so jealous of other kids in high school, “Why do you get to have a mother and I don’t?” Also there was a nasty drunk woman who lived up the street, mom would walk past her house on her way to school and think, “Why are you still alive and my mother is dead?”</p>
<p>I know we’re not supposed to link to outside blogs, but some of you may be interested in a blog Toddler Planet written by Susan Niebur - google search is your friend here. Very well written with a great deal of factual information re: research but also the very human side of her cancer fight with IBC and life with two young boys. While I can’t say I have enjoyed reading her blog, I have appreciated the insights she has offered into her life.</p>
<p>I just read this news article on CNN and am so disgusted!</p>
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<p>[Westboro</a> Baptist Church says it will picket Elizabeth Edwards funeral CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs](<a href=“http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/09/westboro-baptist-church-says-it-will-picket-elizabeth-edwards-funeral/?hpt=T2]Westboro”>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/09/westboro-baptist-church-says-it-will-picket-elizabeth-edwards-funeral/?hpt=T2)</p>
<p>I have always despised the acts of this group and am aware of them picketing school plays and other funerals and much more. All has been incredibly disgusting, particularly protests at a FUNERAL!!! (ie., servicemen).</p>
<p>Of course nobody can get into the logic or mind of such warped people, but I am not even understanding how Elizabeth Edwards even fits in with their “opposition.” She is not Jewish, nor a homosexual, and isn’t involved in the Iraq war. Can anyone clue me in? I guess it doesn’t matter their “reason” of course, because it is so despicable.</p>
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<p>This is true for all of us. Those with terminal ilnesses bear the extra burden of knowing the likely amount of time they have left.</p>
<p>You and I may actually have less time, but not know it. I wonder how we would live our lives if we knew.</p>
<p>soozie, when UVA student Yeardley Love was murdered this past year they announced plans to picket at her funeral but didn’t show. It seems their modus operandi is to announce they will picket at numerous locations and then only appear at one or two. I join you in your repugnance for their activities.</p>