A voice from the past

posted by Jeff | Sunday, September 17, 2006, 12:00 AM | comments: 1

Way back in March I blogged about how a girl I went to high school with had died of breast cancer. Completely unexpected, her mom sent me e-mail today. She saw me on TV recently for an interview I did about Cedar Point's new ride, and found me that way.

It was interesting, and really fairly inspirational, to read Katie's blog. Her last entry was less than two months before she died. It's weird to imagine someone you last saw as a high school kid who grew up, had kids, and got sick like that.

Catherine and I were driving yesterday and talking about how sad it made us that people could be so angry, stupid and not well-adjusted to life. But when you read something like this, even though it's sad, you can't help but feel hopeful about the potential and the strength that people can have.

You hang onto stories like this when the world seems so bleak.

Katie's blog is here. Her family's blog is here.


Comments

September 18, 2006, 1:47 AM #

http://www.thedashmovie.com maybe you will enjoy that. It fits in with some of your past posts, even if it does it a little too cheery towards the end.


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