Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Dana Reeve vs Lance Armstrong

Dana Reeve died this week. She was a loyal and loving wife to the actor Christopher Reeve and when he was turned into a living vegetable due to a horse riding accident, she never left and gave him hope. Mr Reeve is gone and now she joins him in Heaven.
On the other hand we have another hero of the modern age, bycyclist Lance Armstrong, who was diagnosed with cancer, beat and threw his wife to the curb for the singer Sheryl Crow.
What I do not understand is how Mr. Armstrong is somehow a hero for when in the worst time of his wife, his wife is loyal to him and he dumps her. And shacks up with Miss Crow?
Justice was done in that situation when their planned marriage busted and they went their separate ways, with a broken marriage and not even the prize Mr. Armstrong left his wife for.
On the other hand, Mrs Reeve literally kept her husband alive and they were strong advocates for the disabled and led the fight for increased stem cell research. I do disagree with that, but her tenacity, compassion and love for her husband is what makes this all the more tragic.
Rest assured, Dana Reeve is in Heaven and while we mourn, God and the angels are smiling with her.
I shudder to think however what reward that God will have for Lance Armstrong.
One is a real hero, the other is a pretender to that throne of grace.

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