husband, john edwards. edwards did not want people to say she lost her battle with cancer, instead, she felt the battle was about living a meaningful life in spite of cancer and she wanted people to know that she won. karen finney is a family friend and spokesperson for the edwards family. i'm very sorry about your loss. >> thank you. >> the first thing i thought, first of all, she's 61, so young. not only does she have cate, her adult daughter and emma clare and jack are 10 years old. how are the kids doing? >> i think they're doing okay under the circumstances. one of the remarkable things about elizabeth, particularly in this last year she knew from the time she was first diagnosed she would have to prepare the children at some point, particularly having gone through the loss of wade. she noounderstood what that mea and how to be prepared and i think she knew it would be important that john edwards was there for the children. so, under the circumstances, i