October 24, 2013

"This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable. The Last 3 Photos Destroyed Me."

Please don't Google that line and go to the website where it is written. It's one of those places that tries to pick up something that is or could be viral and to capture the traffic that really ought to go to the place that originated the material. In this case, the website copies a whole series of photographs and statement from the photographer's blog and doesn't even link to that blog.
From Angelo’s blog: “I remember the exact moment…Jen’s voice and the numb feeling that enveloped me. That feeling has never left. I’ll also never forget how we looked into each other’s eyes and held each other’s hands. ‘We are together, we’ll be ok.’”
That appears, without a link! You may think I've got my priorities mixed up, getting mad about bad etiquette, when there's cancer — cancer!! — in this world. I disagree. I'm no fan of cancer, but cancer doesn't have a mind capable of conceiving of a self-serving plan to do its damage. And scolding cancer isn't going to change anything. Expressing outrage at poor human behavior is constructive. So is taking photographs and blogging about a painful and terribly sad loss.

The photographer is Angelo Merendino. Here's his website. Here's the blog.

9 comments:

Steve said...

Just got back from my girlfriend's first Cancer Free oncological appointment. How did we ever make it through without posting pictures?

Crunchy Frog said...

Cancer sucks.

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Sigivald said...

I refuse to look at any content that has a write-up like that, on principle.

"This guy", "Something unforgettable".

Pure goddamn clickbait. Often to UpWorthy, which pops up a window asking me to sign up to The Progressive Cause-Word Of The Day.

William said...

Someone I was close to died of cancer. There was nothing positive or good or redemptive about the experience of watching her die.

clint said...

This just made me realize I have *no* pictures at all of my time with cancer. The closest I have is a picture of me on the beach a few months after, with my head still bald from chemo.

Not sure why I'd want them.

TMink said...

I thought the photos were lovely and poignant. God bless them both.

Trey

Freeman Hunt said...

After looking at this, I started googling "full body MRI."

Elizabeth J. Neal said...

cancer at age 44. cancer treatment