Friends Matter More

So far September has sucked for my husband and me, as we feel sad and depressed over our dying friend in the hospital. And it's likely that he will continue to do so until he is done, which means things won't be looking up anytime soon. In fact they may get a lot worse before they start to get better. Just this one person is leaving our world and both our lives will be diminished without him. 

Meanwhile, in the Crazy Department, the front page of today's Wall Street Journal has the headline, "Afghanistan Earthquake Kills More Than 800" across the top. Since we didn't know any of those people, we aren't upset about it. Of course it's a shame, how terrible, blah, blah, blah, but we aren't losing any sleep over it. 

Funny how those strangers we meet randomly and who become our friends matter so much more than people we don't know.