Old 02-14-2012, 06:30 PM
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Dee74
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I think what a lot of people are missing, especially on other sites I've been reading, is that this is a personal tragedy - and one that many of us either have experienced, or narrowly averted.

I didn't have Whitney's money or her opportunities no - but I had her illness and I shared her demons - I was convinced I could control this, I could handle this my way, and I pushed away all offers of help... and I nearly very nearly lost my life too.

Let's not speak of divas and princesses - a parent has lost their child, and a child has lost their mother, and the world has lost yet another person, far too young, to this dreadful disease.

Let's not make our grief comparative either - I can grieve for the fighting men and women who given their lives for us...and grieve for lost souls as well.

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