Sometimes it’s all you can do.
“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered,” Edwards 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.”
She lived her life in public and ends with grace.
Recurring Nightmare 
There is not a family in this nation that has not been touched by chronic or terminal disease, especially cancer. Yet, we chose to forget how cancer impacts and even controls our lives once the medical determination has been made. It has beem almost three and a half years since cancer took my wife after a battle of several years, and recovery for our large family has been a slow, day by day process. It is interesting to me that it can be the patient that brings comfort to the family by how they conduct themselves despite the “treatments” that may be as horrific as the disease, or the pain. Perhaps this is part of the acceptance that we are all capable of showing, given the same circumstances. I don’t know.
Ms Edwards displayed a determination on the one hand to live, despite the diagnosis, and a magnificent grace and acceptance on the other, all in the face of horrendous behavior of her profligate husband. Her passing is sad, but her life through her personal tribulations demonstrate her worth and significance as a human being.
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For some unkown reason,I’ve been surviving three separate onsets of two different cancers since 1981.
I’ve had seven surgeries and radiation therapy during that time.
I’m not sure why I should still be here.
I also sat by the side of my dad and grandmother(amny years apart)as they battled cancer to the end.It sucked,but what can you do?
This lady may have been spared some needless misery.
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