Rest In Peace-Elizabeth Edwards

I was so saddened to come home to the news that

Elizabeth Edwards had passed away.

Cancer has taken another toll.

The strength that she showed

was an amazing thing to see.

I am humbled by Elizabeth Edwards

inner reserve.

She stood strong

in the face of controversy and humiliation.

She kept her faith

and protected her children

as best she could.

She dealt with life issues

with grace and acceptance.

God guide her

as she moves

from this world to the next

to be reunited with her son.

I hope there is some peace,

for her surviving children

knowing that she lived a life filled

with dignity and honor.

I pray that God blesses

them as they move

forward without their

mainstay in life.

And, yes, God bless

and forgive

John Edwards too...

for he was a weak man

that fell from grace and

now must deal with

the loss of a woman

that I believe he did,

in how own way... love,

as inadequate and

unsupportive as that

love was.

He, too, will have

to live with himself

and seek forgiveness

for the additional

burden he placed on

her in her final days, weeks

& years of life.

I hope his children

can forgive him,

for in that forgiveness

there lies freedom...

and they are going

to need a Dad

to lean on through

this ordeal.

I think we all

need the freedom

that comes with

forgiveness...

and with forgiving..

even when it seems

unwarranted.

And, I do believe,

that Elizabeth Edwards

is now free too..

free of pain..

free of suffering..

free of Earth's bondages.

She is going Home.

But for us...

A bright light was dimmed with

this passing.....

Diana