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I am just barely to the point of consistently dating my checks with the new year and already, I am tired of all the talk about the 2008 Presidential Election. On the surface, Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer recurrence is a political story. To my mind, the story is everything BUT political.
I don’t know Elizabeth Edwards, her husband, or her children. If we met, I expect that I would like her, even if I didn’t agree with her philosophically or politically. I have not dealt with the unexpected death of a child and I have never been a cancer patient. Regardless of our differences, there are similarities. I am a middle-aged woman; I am a mother of young children; and my daily life is affected by a chronic health condition (not my own). I was saddened to hear that her cancer had returned. Not because I have an interest in her husband’s political campaign, but because I hurt at the idea that her husband, her children, her extended family and her friends may have to face a life without her.
Since the announcement of her recurrence, there has been quite a bit of commentary about whether or not her husband’s political campaign should continue. Quite honestly, I just don’t think that it is anyone’s business but theirs. There are so many unknowns in this equation and there are so many variables that change frequently. The reality is that The Edwards’ have to weigh those things and make the decisions that are best for them.
I wonder more about other parts of this issue…
Would it be easier for us if we didn’t have to watch her suffer?
What would it say to and about breast cancer survivors for her to surrender?
If I am ever in that situation, would I want to have to live the life that others think is appropriate for someone with that condition?
I am going to keep thinking about these things and I’ll share more of them in future posts. What do you think?
If you know anything about Palm Sunday in a Southern Baptist Church, you know that, just as they cross the threshold of the Sunday School door ON THEIR WAY OUT, each child is given a palm frond to remind them of the way that Jesus was welcomed to Jerusalem.
We have 6 yr. old son that is still getting used to attending “big church”. I don’t know what he understood about the palm frond that he laid on the pew next to us because he was much more interested in the Thomas The Tank coloring book that he was working on during the sermon.
Our 3 yr. old daughter didn’t know she had received a palm frond until we reached the car and she wanted one because her brother had one. They immediately created a game in which the palm branches were weapons. We confiscated both of them until we were home and out of the confinement of the car!
Much like my children may wonder why they were given plants at church and what that means, I suspect there were lots of people in Jerusalem that day wondering what all the commotion was about. Jesus certainly had not been what they expected to that point. All indications are that His entry to the Holy City was unconventional as well. We know that, in just a few days, their opinions would turn and, instead of hailing His arrival, they would clamor for His death.
Thankfully, Jesus understood what His entry meant and He didn’t change his mind about what He had to accomplish in Jerusalem.
It is a Holy Week indeed!
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