Detroit News columnist Laura Berman contributes a thoughtful, sensitive portrait of Miles Levin, a funny forgetful teenager whose cancer diagnosis spurred him to develop into a conscientious student and a writer with an international following. By the time of his death this week, Miles’ messages of life and hope on a hospital blog had enlisted regular readers from around the world.
His passion for life was matched only by his insistence that it be a good life, a meaningful one. What the world most needs, he said in his last days, is “more kindness.”
… He tried to think of cancer as a gift. “I am living more richly than I ever was before cancer, so if I die, will it have been worth it just to get these years of superliving?” he asked at one point.
Miles’ website at William Beaumont hospital is here. Registration required.
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