令我心痛的Elizabeth Edwards

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今天早上，從亞特蘭大的報紙上，看到了關於伊麗莎白的消息。文章中提到，醫生認為伊麗莎白的生命只有一個星期，她已經回到家中。John和孩子們及親友都在她的身邊。我仔細地讀了每一個細節，非常心痛。

晚飯後，開車去健身俱樂部時，聽到了噩耗，伊麗莎白離去了！儘管已經有心理準備，還是覺得太快了，非常非常地心痛！

回到家裡，打開電腦，看到雅虎的頭條新聞和36張照片。面對這麼多的苦難，她真是一位勇敢的女人！在這個時刻，希望她一路走好！

Only later would we know that along with the dire medical prognosis had come news that her husband had been having an affair with a campaign worker. As she wrote later, she vomited when she found out. But she was convinced it was brief and it was over. She was wrong on both counts.

That was March 2007. Much has happened since, including Edwards finally admitting to fathering a child. Through it all, Edwards has been what she heralded in her two bestselling books—resilient and full of grace. In a posting on her Facebook page Monday, Edwards, 61, "The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered” and in some of those days, she has not been able “to muster as much strength and patience” as she would have liked. . . "It’s called being human.”

She did better than most of us with more to grapple with. A cheating husband is nothing compared to the loss of a child. At 16, the Edwards' son Wade died in a car accident. For months, she could barely speak. She’d think she was OK and then she’d be in the grocery store in front of his favorite soda and be stricken with so much sadness, she’d have to find a place to sit down.

想到好友雨林在今年三月曾寫過《這個冬天的寒冷》，我又去看了這篇文章，雨林寫到：

今年的冬天是格外地寒冷。雪上加霜，讓我心裡更感到冰涼的一件事，是在元月底，曾經的民主黨總統候選人John Edwards夫婦正式分居的消息。早在2006年Kerry對Bush的那場競選中與Edwards一家已經很熟悉了。後來聽到夫人Elizabeth女士患病的消息，接下來，Edwards的婚外戀和私生女故事就這樣一幕一幕慘烈地演了下來。

Dec. 7, 2010: Elizabeth Edwards died of cancer today.

"The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. 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. It isn't possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel to everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know."

我一直為伊麗莎白祈禱，希望能夠有奇蹟發生。不過，看看她寫的文字，她應該是有準備的！

伊麗莎白，一路走好！

與先生談起此事，他說，我們應該珍惜我們的每一個日子！同感！