And now for those words...

. There are a lot of sad things happening right now; and there are a lot of good things too. The good things are those little things that make life wonderful. Life is beautiful, my garden is growing, there is much love in my life. The usual stuff.
And my son's high school closed. He doesn't want to go to a different school for his senior year - which doesn't leave a lot of choices. My SFIL has cancer. It's metastasized. It's everywhere, but it grows so slowly that it probably won't kill him. He's getting kidney dialysis every day which usually results in death from a heart attack or stroke. His heart is exceptionally strong. Dialysis probably won't kill him. He fell and broke a bone last autumn, it hasn't healed properly, now it's infected. He's exceptionally healthy, so it probably won't kill him. But he'll be taking antibiotics for the rest of his life.
He's a great man. Not just a good man, but a truly great man. He has done nothing to deserve this. That's how life is. It keeps happening and you keep living until it ends. It's not always right. it's not always fair. And it's not always fun. But it's so much better than not living! No matter what hits you, it's part of living, so don't shut it out. Walk through it.

Before all this happened, I got involved with the Second Life Relay For Life. A fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Since I signed up in April with the volunteer group, 3 people in the group have died. Plus a few more who had fundraising groups who were motivated by their battle with cancer.

The outpouring of support is amazing. The things people do are amazing. The things people survive are amazing.