On Tuesday, Elizabeth Edwards, the former wife of former Senator John Edwards, entered into rest after suffering from terminal breast cancer. She was 61 years old. Mrs. Edwards life was both admirable and tragic. At the age of 16, her son Wade was killed in a car accident. When she was 55, she was diagnosed with cancer after being so wrapped up with John's campaigns that she didn't get a mammography done, even after feeling a lump in her breast. Elizabeth had been a successful lawyer, but also gave that up to become her husband's closest political advisor, ("Behind every great man, there's a great woman.") Recently, the National Enquirer revealed that John had been having an affair with Rielle Hunter, who worked on his campaign. Hunter also went on to have his baby. John Edwards, "insisted that the affair had occurred when his wife’s cancer was in remission and that it was over before he announced his presidential campaign on Dec. 28, 2006 (McFadden)." Elizabeth has become an idol for many women, and I hope men, for her intelligence at political advising, running a family, and putting up an unforgettable battle against something much greater than her. I hope that out of this, women will realize that they can't let life overwhelm them to such a point where they forget to take care of themselves. I hope that she is in a better place sitting beside her son, Wade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/08edwards.html?pagewanted=2&ref=health
By Sarah Fulton
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