This week, former Republican Senator Ben Sasse shared some devastating news. 

Sasse announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and that it is only a matter of time – not very much time, frankly– before the “wicked thief” and “bastard” death whisks him away. 

Sasse is 53.

His stoic message is worth reading in full. He talks about his Christian faith, his family, his friends, and the meaning of Christmas, among other things, some of which are morbid. But there was one line toward the end that really caught my eye.

Friends-

This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.

Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death........

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