She has her own Huffington blog where she pontificates on everything under the sun - but not even a single page about her husband: who he was, what he accomplished in his life, what he valued and strove for while he was alive.
She's not motivated by the loss of her husband - if she were she'd act and speak as if he were a real guy who once existed.
Compare what Lisa Beamer has done for her husband's legacy and what her neighbor Kristen Breitweiser has done for her husband's memory.
Millions of people across America know who Todd Beamer was and what he was all about, because his wife has used her celebrity to tell his story.
99.999% of the public don't even know Ron Breitweiser's first name, let alone anything about the man. Yet Kristen Breitweiser has had as much or more media exposure than Lisa Beamer. Kristen Breitweiser used that exposure to talk about John Kerry, though - not her husband.
BUMP 49. Excellent analysis.
Regarding the wives of Todd Beamer and Ron Breitweiser. Great contrast / well written.