A sad world...

This past week has been full of a lot of sad news. Last weekend I spent time babysitting, painting, cleaning, etc. helping my friend Lesa get ready to move. Somehow she got everything done and left town on Wednesday. I’m excited for her new adventure overseas, but am quite sad to see her and her family leave Wichita.

Monday at work I found out that two ladies I serve on a statewide committee with had terrible tragedies in their lives. One had a son who was paralysed in a car accident, and the other had a son killed in a senseless hunting accident. So sad!

Tuesday my sister in law had back surgery. This was planned surgery and went really well. She’s home recovering now, and seems to be doing well. This was actually the best news of the week!

Wednesday my closest friend called with news that her father’s cancer had returned and he has to have surgery on the 26th. Having already lost her mother to cancer, this is especially upsetting news.

My niece has been sick this week also. After a couple trips to the doctor, she’s gonna be fine, but it wasn’t a pleasant week for her. She’s enrolled in classes at WSU for second semester, and I’m really hoping it will be a good semester for her. First semester was kind of rough.

I’ve been on a cleaning kick at work and at home and tonight I was going through a pile of old mail that I had been avoiding. As I was reading an old church newsletter, I saw that one of the teenage girls who used to be in a small group I helped with recently lost her mother to cancer. I had only met her mother a few times, but she was the same age I am and had 5 kids that she was homeschooling, young kids. A super nice lady! My heart breaks for that family, and especially the young girl who was in my small group.