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Ron MacLean Handles Mom’s Death
by Paul on 08/22/08 at 06:08 AM ET
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from William Houston of the Globe and Mail,
MacLean’s voice came close to breaking once or twice, but it never did. He seemed to try to explain why he stayed at Beijing rather than leave the Olympic city and return home to be at his mother’s side.
Were we witnessing guilt as well as grief? Whatever the case, it was authentic, personal and moving.
“I don’t want to jar you with this news,” he said. “But I just got the word about my mom, who is 82 years old. Succumbed to pancreatic cancer. Mom’s condition has been tough for about a year now. But she broke her hip on the eve of the opening ceremony and, if you know anything about cancer, once that trauma was added to the weight of her circumstance, it was a very difficult last 14 days.”
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And yours. To kick a man when he is down.
Posted by Mark from Memphis on 08/22/08 at 10:05 AM ET
Perhaps, mine were with his mother, yours are with him.
Posted by Tero from Tacoma on 08/22/08 at 11:59 AM ET
If you’ve ever had a loved one endure a long illness that is sure to end their life, you resign yourself to their death well before it actually happens. That is the only way to make the time left moments of celebration rather than grief.
When they do die, one hardly wants to experience that death again.
Condolences to the MacLean family.
Posted by Osrt on 08/22/08 at 12:18 PM ET
I do know that everyone grieves differently—in their own way. I don’t know what private conversations took place or what decisions were made within the MacLean family over the past year, over the last two weeks, or yesterday. If I were to criticize someone under these circumstances, I’d be saying very little about the someone but a lot about me, IMO.
May God bless the family during a very difficult time.
Posted by BobTheZee on 08/22/08 at 01:14 PM ET
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I guess it shows where his values are.
Posted by Tero from Tacoma on 08/22/08 at 09:24 AM ET