The last few weeks have been so overwhelming to me. Last week I turned on the computer to find the news that an old friend had received the news that she has terminal cancer. She is just a couple years older than I am, with 4 children. There was a time that we were really close and spoke daily, but life went on. She moved, and I moved. Until I joined Facebook a few years ago, we had lost touch. My heart aches for her, for her husband and her children.
It only a few hours later that I received the news that a childhood friend was in a coma. Something had gone horribly wrong in surgery and she had had a stroke. We had been close friends as children and lost touch. Of course, we were reunited again through Facebook. The next day, this sweet woman passed away.
By lunch time my husband had called to tell me that a co-worker and friend of ours had been lost his job. He has a large family and some pretty severe health issues. We are worried for them.
Another dear friend suffered a stroke. Yet another had been recently diagnosed with MS.
Bad news seemed to pour in throughout the day, leaving me overwhelmed and heartbroken. I felt totally unable to offer comfort to those people that I love so much. Time and distance stood between us. I have cried so many tears for my friend Kristen, and the lost memories that she would never have, that her children and husband would never have.
The flood of bad news seems to have subsided and a new normal is taking its place. I am so thankful today for our Savior, for the plan of salvation and the knowledge that our broken hearts will one day be mended and our families whole once more.
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