Breast cancer claims priest.STAFF In 2003, Rev. Lynn Griffin's battle with breast cancer became public when she agreed to be featured in a weekly television diary about coping with the debilitating de·bil·i·tat·ing adj. Causing a loss of strength or energy. Debilitating Weakening, or reducing the strength of. Mentioned in: Stress Reduction disease. On July 27 Ms. Griffin, who was on disability leave from St. Barnabas, Deep River, Ont., succumbed to cancer. The television program, called Lynn's Diary: A battle with cancer, chronicled Ms. Griffin's fight against the disease. Filmed by her husband, Peter, the diary showed her during various stages of cancer as well as during chemotherapy treatments. She said she agreed to the project because she wanted "to demystify de·mys·ti·fy tr.v. de·mys·ti·fied, de·mys·ti·fy·ing, de·mys·ti·fies To make less mysterious; clarify: an autobiography that demystified the career of an eminent physician. the cancer experience." Ms. Griffin appeared on national television "bald, without makeup, and frequently in tears to describe her journey," said a 2004 article, when she was given an International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. Award for "courage in the face of adversity ad·ver·si·ty n. pl. ad·ver·si·ties 1. A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune. 2. A calamitous event. ." Ms. Griffin also wrote the "Healing Tree" column for Crosstalk (1) Electromagnetic interference that comes from an adjacent wire. "Alien" crosstalk is interference that comes from a wire in an adjacent cable, for example, when two or more twisted wire pair cables are bundled together. , the newspaper of the diocese of Ottawa, saying that she wanted "to help others live the fives of joy, peace, love and hope which God wants for us." |
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