Sadness

I have just read the news that Elizabeth Edwards has died. When John Edwards was running for Vice-President, one of my students e-mailed me and asked me to come to a rally because she was introducing John Edwards and wanted others to share this honor with her. Later she sent me a photo of she with Elizabeth Edwards with whom she spent most of the day. It was about 10 days after that when the first news came about Elizabeth's cancer. I see that smiling face in the photo and know the secret she was carrying at that time. Losing her is a loss for our country.