Rod Dreher on His Sister’s Cancer

He hasn’t been gone that long, has he? Rod’s still relevant to our discussion, right? The former DMN editorial boarder left us for Philly not many weeks ago. Readers of the paper will remember his as one of the sharpest voices in those pages. Well, Rod’s sister, Ruthie, is now very sick with cancer, and he’s been writing about it over on Beliefnet. If you’ve got 10 minutes to spare, read this entry about the day Rod said goodbye to his sister and about the “excruciating privilege to share [her] agony.” The writing itself is amazing. And the message is a vital one.