Cancer Sucks!

I was browsing Twitter last night and came across a post by someone referencing the sadness in Elizabeth Edward's battle with cancer. I immediately started Googling information regarding her and her condition. To my surprise, I found article after article talking about how her cancer has spread to her liver, and they have decided to stop treatment. My initial reaction was sadness for her two young children who are now 10 and 12 years old. As a mother, whenever tragedy strikes families, I immediately think of how it will affect either the parents or the children, in this case the children. Elizabeth has had cancer for a long time, however, I don't think it lessens the blow of the reality that she is heading toward death. It's so sad to think that she will never see her children get married or meet her grandchildren.

My second thought was "Darn you, John Edwards!". For those of you who didn't follow the saga of their marriage during his vie for the Democratic nomination in '08, here it is for you in a nutshell. John had an affair with a woman that he met at a bar, and in turn put her on his staff to do some type of videography for his campaign. He carried on this affair, and it resulted in the mistress getting pregnant. When he found out about the pregnancy and hid his mistress on the other side of the country. When she finally had the baby and the news came out that he was having this affair, he vehemently denied that the child was his. He always knew the baby was his, but openly denied it and tried to cover it up. After a year, he finally confessed to the baby being his, and that is when Elizabeth decided to file for a legal separation, which ultimately will become a divorce after the year of separation is over. I give this background to say this-what man on earth would put his wife through this terrible situation when he knows she is battling cancer? I can't see any other label for it except for complete and utter selfish, egocentric, power hungry ludicrousness. No wonder the poor woman's cancer has spread. She's had to deal with this crap! I'm not trying to sound self-righteous in all of this. We all make mistakes; some are big and some are small. Nevertheless, mistakes like this, are almost inexcusable.

I've never had to deal with someone in my family having cancer, and I pray to God that I never will. I can't imagine what it's like. I pray for Elizabeth that God will give her the strength to get through this, and that God will bring her children peace and comfort during this time. For John Edwards, I hope when he lays his head down on his 1200 thread count sheets, that he thinks about his life, and I pray that God will reveal himself through this.