[a fool in paradise]

The only concession Elizabeth was willing to grant her cheating husband was to pray with him that God would give him the strength to protect and raise their two young children, Jack and Emma Claire, after she was gone.

Odd. In her last public statement, God was strangely absent from her message.

"The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered," she wrote. "We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful."

and

"I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope," she writes. "These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that."

(from her facebook page)

[hampdenkid]

I, too, found her last public statement strangely absent at least a nod to her Creator and, hopefully, Savior. But, to each her own.

As to the Enquirer story, I would imagine the incident probably took place well before she died, and the Enquirer changed the venue to spice it up.