Katie Couric's Notebook: Elizabeth Edwards' Cancer
Video: If the three worst words you can hear are "You've got cancer," the FOUR worst are: "The cancer is back."
This week, Elizabeth Edwards heard those words. Today, she and her husband, presidential candidate John Edwards, broke the news: her breast cancer, first diagnosed three years ago, has returned. It's stage four breast cancer, which means it has spread -- in her case, to her bone. The American Cancer Society says one in four people with stage four cancer survive five years or more.
When the Edwards appeared before cameras to talk about the challenges they face, you couldn't help but be moved by their grace and their optimism. After living through the death of their son, and now cancer, they described themselves as people who look for the silver lining.
Many of us who have faced this disease with those we love will be looking with them...and hoping with them, and praying with them.
That's a page from my notebook.