There are near misses everywhere, or so it seems, as almost every day I hear about another friend who is seriously ill. I'm determined to believe this isn't endemic to my age group. Rather, it's just a bad stretch we're going through.
Last week, Alice's partner, Jerry, was in the hospital. Mid-week, I found out that my friend, Scott, has been diagnosed with abdominal cancer. Annie, Jude's friend, has lymphoma, and is in the hospital. Yesterday, I learned that my fellow lawyer and friend for 30 years, Gary, has colon cancer. JP also told me a father of a senior at school died of a heart attack this week. Meanwhile, a week before my 40th high school reunion, my high school classmate, Dave, is dying of a brain tumor in Louisville, Kentucky.
I mean, what in the damn hell?!?
So much illness. So much death. I don't understand it.
I feel like my personal prayer list grows and grows, as I add more people and families to it on what seems like a daily basis.
All of these illnesses and deaths have a ripple effect, of course. They directly impact children, wives and husbands, relatives, and friends.
When will it end?
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