Yesterday, the country was shocked by the sad news that Brittany Murphy had passed away. The official autopsy report is not in, but it is said that she had a heart attack. Although this is not in question, people are questioning why a woman of 32 years of age would die of a cardiac arrest.
Gossip is going around the internet that the reason is related to her weight or drugs. My response to this is, “Why does it matter?” The fact is, a beautiful, talented, and young woman has lost her life far too early. This is not something that should be fodder for the tabloids. This is a time for remembering her and praying for her family.
For those of us with a special needs child, it is also a time to realize that life is far too short. We think we have a lot of time before we need to prepare for the care of our child when we are no longer here. Unfortunately, Brittany’s death reminds us that this is not true. It is never too early to put your affairs in order. It is a difficult thing to do. It is difficult to think about what will happen to our beloved child without us to look after him.
As your child’s parent and advocate, it is important to face the possibility that a time will come and you will not be there. You need to make arrangements for your child’s care and financial security. Do you really want to leave it to strangers? I am guilty of putting this off. I can’t imagine a time that I won’t be here for my son. It is time that my husband and I started talking to family members and a lawyer. I can not leave my child unprotected. Brittany Murphy’s death has served as a wake up call for me and I will not ignore it.
6 comments:
It does matter, why? Because it's a lesson. If it's because of weight or drugs, or any life style issues; it's important for those who idolize people they think to be famous to understand some of these choices put them in harms way. It's particularly important because young people think they're invincible and they aren't.
Yes it's sad for the friends and family, she was young and death is always sad; but when you life int he limelight you have to expect even the bad things to also be in the limelight.
how tragic. There must be a lesson all.
Her life should not be in the tabloids, however the cause of her death does matter. If it were not drugs or her being too thin, it could bring attention to it.
Being the mom to a special needs child born with congenital heart defects and knowing that the defects can be silent for YEARS, I wonder if perhaps it was a cause. WE lose many athletes a year due to unknown heart conditions that they were born with.
My biggest peeve here is the the Entertainment journalism is bashing the reputation of a person before there is confirmed information.
If her death was because of a congenital heart defect, you are correct. This could help bring attention to earlier diagnosis, research and care. If her death is because of drugs, than it is only her family's business.
I don't need to use the death of a celebrity to teach my child a lesson. Teaching my child the science involved in drug use and instilling good morals and decision making skills are all I need to use. The problem with using celebrities that have died of drug use as an example of what not to do is that you run the risk of glamourizing drug use.
I agree with you 100%. My 4 year old is special needs with cardiac and bleeding issues. You have to live everyday as a last in our family. You never know when it will be over.
My husband has a close friend that died of cardiac arrest and the results of whether that was related to his horrible drug use was never released. I wanted it to be released so that his close friends might go and get help, since they too are still doing drugs. Will it help if they knew? Maybe, maybe not.
Perhaps if her drug use was public her parents could use it as a platform to raise funds for drug prevention programs. Good can come from this.
I agree though, we need to all relax about it until after her family is done grieving.
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