I went to the funeral of my friend who had the stroke. The funeral was last Friday; she had died on Monday. I had the opportunity to visit with her family at the hospital the Friday before. It was good to have the chance to visit before she died. At that point she was only on morphine to keep her comfortable ( Read more... )

First, a friend that I used to teach with at a Christian school has had a sucky month. About 4 weeks ago her husband attempted suicide. He's now living with his brother not talking to her or their 15 year old son and saying he doesn't want to be married anymore. They finally diagnosed him as bipolar. It's not like he's really been there as a ( Read more... )

OK, I'm finally blogging thanks to my nice "Jewish mother" brother. Actually, I was touched by his sincere desire to keep in touch, so I added one more thing to my life namely this ( Read more... )