Here is ABC News' Paula Faris in her own words, about her conversation with Robin Roberts.
Robin Roberts has been my colleague at ABC News for years but she’s also been a champion of mine -- a friend I can count on in what can be a grueling and cruel business. We’ve always had a connection: We’re both women of deep faith. And we both got our start in the world of sports.
I learned Robin was quite content sticking with sports. She says she never saw herself becoming a newscaster. In fact, she told me that “if you had really good ears, you could hear my knees knocking under the GMA desk” when she first started hosting the show. But her faith had led her to make the switch -- and it did much more than that. It has guided her through bouts of cancer and MDS, a form of pre-leukemia.
Did she question the plan, especially after her MDS diagnosis?
“There was this brief moment that I was really angry that this had happened and the diagnosis was very dire. I remember talking to my mother. She said, 'It’s OK that you’re angry on God. He can take it. Just don’t stay there.' And I didn’t.”
Her mess became her message. And, on this week of “Journeys of Faith,” Robin’s taking us to church with her inspiring spirit.
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