The illness and death of Jade Goody has been culturally significant and the huge media interest has enabled people to journey with her and engage what our own priorities would be had we been diagnosed with a terminal condition.
Though having never been her greatest fan, I have been really impressed and challenged, both individually and in community,about how nearing end she put things right in her life-in terms of spirituality, marriage, baptism and the welfare and future of her sons.
Jade proved that it is possible to have a "good death" but that does not diminish the pain and suffering her family will be going through. All her life she craved affection and fame-it is slightly ironic that that finally came through her brave struggle by being as much as doing.
About Me
- Simon Wilson
- Married to VERONICA living in FOULSHAM, Norfolk with a daughter, a dog and a cat. An Anglican Priest, I am Social Responsibility Officer for Norwich Diocese and Police and Fire services chaplain. An instinctive federalist, a keen political activist and radical social justice campaigner. I embody this as an active and high profile member of the LIBERAL DEMOCRATS locally, regionally and federally. I am a member of the party's crime in the community policy working group which ties in well with another recent appointment as Convenor to an ecumenical criminal justice forum in Norfolk. Other interests include reading, music,tennis and watching NORWICH CITY. I was disabled by a car crash in 1992. I am co-ordinator of RoadPeace in East Anglia for several years providing practical and emotional support for those bereaved or injured by crashes on our roads. My book, "When I was in Hospital, you Visited me" (Grove Books) tells something of my story reflecting my ongoing journey through pain and illness.
2 comments:
I think the situation with Jade Goody is nothing but a farce to benefit her own ends. I have recently been told that she has left no money to Cancer research but 4 million to her 2 boys and I would like this confirmed. All she has done is exploited her condition which she was aware of years ago to make money. There are millions of people out there with Cancer who do much more to help with the research and should have more recognition for their hard work.
I hope you have proof about who Jade left her money to. Hiding behind an anonymous alias suggests you have no evidence.
Yes, there are millions of people dying of cancer. I have a friend who found out that she had ceverical cancer when she went for a smear test-something she only did because the case of Jade Goody made hear realise that young people can get the illness. Luckily, hers is treatable as it was diagnosed early.
I have never been a Jade Goody fan but have the humility to see some good has come out of all the pain and suffering. As someone struggling with an untreatable chronic illness myself, hearing the stories of others can make my journey slighlty easier. Who are you to judge others?
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