Kay Yow has died

[Ritterskoop]

N.C. State women's basketball coach since 1975.

I am pissed.

[kayrharris]

I read a nice article about her today. She fought a good fight. I'm glad the team got to see her. May she rest in peace.

[Bob78164]

N.C. State women's basketball coach since 1975.

I am pissed.

Sad I could understand. But why pissed? --Bob

[silvercamaro]

N.C. State women's basketball coach since 1975.

I am pissed.

Sad I could understand. But why pissed? --Bob

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross cited anger as the second of five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model

[christie1111]

Pissed at the fact that cancer would take her.

Much like my feelings when my young, vibrant sister-in-law was taken by the same thing.

Pissed barely describes it..

[Buffacuse]

I heard this and got really sad--we need more people like her in sports and in life--not fewer.

[Ritterskoop]

I am trying not to see it as a battle that she lost. I am editing out references to such, when they work. I do not want to remember her as someone who lost a battle.

I am not mad anymore. That was my first reaction, and I have no specific place to point it. I know everyone dies, and I do not want anyone to be in lots of pain. I just wish some people could go on forever, when they are making the world better.

I would like to do as well as she did for 33 years in one place, and be remembered for that competence.

[Estonut]

Try to think of the countless lives she touched, including your own. She likely inspired many, many people to try to be like her.

[silvercamaro]

I am trying not to see it as a battle that she lost. I am editing out references to such, when they work. I do not want to remember her as someone who lost a battle.

I've been thinking about this since Skoop posted it. I've decided that I have no objection to the word "battle" in these circumstances, because fighting cancer too often becomes a war. Under those circumstances, I don't see a negative reflection on anyone who does not ultimately win against an enemy that fights dirty. It's not the winning that makes a hero, but the resistance against evil opposition.

I am sorry that Coach Yow won't be around to inspire and encourage others for many more years. I trust that the people who knew and admired her most will take on part of that role.

I have faith that the rest of us will try to inspire and encourage others in whatever circumstances we find ourselves.

[peacock2121]

I am sorry she is no longer on this earth to do what she did for many years.

Skoop, I love that you are pissed and that you are expressing being pissed. I say, stay pissed until you are no longer pissed. You will move to another emotion, then be that until you are done with that one.

May she rest in peace.

[Ritterskoop]

I am trying not to see it as a battle that she lost. I am editing out references to such, when they work. I do not want to remember her as someone who lost a battle.

I've been thinking about this since Skoop posted it. I've decided that I have no objection to the word "battle" in these circumstances, because fighting cancer too often becomes a war. Under those circumstances, I don't see a negative reflection on anyone who does not ultimately win against an enemy that fights dirty. It's not the winning that makes a hero, but the resistance against evil opposition.

I am sorry that Coach Yow won't be around to inspire and encourage others for many more years. I trust that the people who knew and admired her most will take on part of that role.

I have faith that the rest of us will try to inspire and encourage others in whatever circumstances we find ourselves.

I left in expressions about fighting a battle.

I deleted those saying she had lost, on the stories I handled, which was not that many of them.

Thanks for your illumination.

[silvercamaro]

I just ran across this quote from Kay Yow:

"Don't drown in self-pity. Swish your feet a little, then get out."

On the basis of those words alone, I would have liked her very much.