Life (and death) as we know it
Or: Not exactly what he had in mind — leading to: What is right with people?
Rusty of St. Paul reports: “It was a long week of life (my brother NOT needing heart surgery after being told he NEEDED heart surgery) and death (our friend calling for emotional hugs, as her cousin had died suddenly) and all in between (moving elders to assisted living; taking an elder to a doctor appointment, as he is recently not capable of going alone; watching the stock market wither our retirement funds; listening to a friend’s ‘Woe is me’ after his wife left him — because he is too ‘Woe is me’).