The news about Elizabeth Edwards reminded me of this profile.
Kelley Benham: SARASOTA - Emma Claire has lost a tooth. That was Monday, her mother thinks. Today it is Wednesday. Twelve days until the election. Four days since she saw her kids.
"No," she says. "It must have been Sunday. She called and I was between things and I talked to Jack. . . ."
Jack is 4. Emma Claire is 6. Their mother, Elizabeth Edwards, is 55. She is trying to nudge the direction of the free world, and be their mom. She's between one thing and another thing. She has 15 minutes until the next thing. Twelve days until the election. Ten days to Halloween. Three days until she sees her children again.
"I talked to Jack," she is saying. "He said, "I don't miss you.'
"I said, "That's too bad, because I miss you.' "
Jack told her, "Well, I miss you a little bit."
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