Everybody has Something

This week L’s mother’s cancer returned, and B’s stomach problem turned out to be something much more serous than indigestion. J’s dad was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s—and he’s only 53. G’s daughter—so pretty and so smart --has a serious mental illness and M’s daughter now has confirmation that her tremor is Parkinson’s. K’s granddaughter is dying and A’s sister has gone out again—a relapse after being sober ten months. D’s husband left her and he’s not coming back.

Everybody has something. So many have lost jobs, can’t make the rent, and are afraid, scared and suffering. It is humbling and it is hard.