My Heart Hurts!

A friend's blog that I read everyday-------well, wait a minute.  How can I call her a friend when I have never met her?  Isn't this blogosphere strange?  We start reading a blog and before long, we feel so involved in that person's life.  We have learned their habits, the things they like to do.  Their husband's and children's name--even grand kids names sometimes.  We see pictures of their gardens, and homes and children and grandchildren and their pets.  We see what they are reading and--I go with their critique of a book and order it for myself.  We see their poems--some they have written themselves.

Such is this "friend" of mine.  She writes beautiful poetry.  She has beautiful gardens.  She met her second husband later in life--and I know how sweet that is--to find live in our later years.  He, in turn, designed and planted a beautiful garden at their local church.

I have been reading that her son is very ill.  Severely ill.  Then he seemed to be doing better.  When she went to spend Mother's Day with him she found out that he is not going to get better.  The doctor came in and gave them the news.  Through her pain, all she can think of is how happy she was that she was there with him when he heard the news.

We have all been praying for him--and her--and the family.  Calling on God to bring a miracle.  It seems so unfair.  It may not be in "the plan" for a miracle, but I know, that I know, that I KNOW--God will be there with them all and the next few months--there will come as much happiness as can be packed into this kind of situation.

I just feel so badly--I cried when I read her latest post.  We can all relate to how she feels--if we are mother's are if we are aunties--I remember when my nephew died--it felt like one of my own children.

So--I ask you to pray for this friend.  She is such a lovely person.  Never a caustic word on any of her posts about anyone.  She is so precious and has been so encouraging to me over the last few years.

I won't post her blog address to protect her privacy.  Just please pray for the family.  Thank you.