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Ed Bradley Dies!

By now I'm sure that everyone has heard this news already, but that isn't the reason I am posting anything on it.

The fact that he died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia is certainly pertinent to this blog, but what I thought was even more relevant was the fact that very few people, even among his co-workers, were aware of his illness.

What makes some people, myself included, keep such a thing a secret? I know I had my reasons at the time, and while I don't go around announcing to the world that I am sick (unless of course you think of this blog as an announcement to the world), I don't try to hide it anymore either.

Still the fact remains, that many people, who I am in continual contact with, do not know that I have Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

I just thought that was interesting. I can consider myself in the same company as Ed Bradley!

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Becky said…
And even though I know, I still forget. I think it's because I don't want to believe it.

It's a double-edges sword. If people knew he was ill perhaps they would have treated him differently, he obviously didn't want that. But then again, those that knew and cared about, that didn't know, have missed an opportunity to let him know how much he meant to them. And now the living are left with this void, the coulda-woulda-shoulda's.

You can never know what another what another person is going through, even if you know, because the information we receive is not the same as the actual experience.

So, perhaps it's a good time to reflect on the words of Philo of Alexandria...

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
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