It never rains but it pours. My dad, now in the nursing home for rehab, has developed pneumonia. And my oldest friend has just been dismissed from her job of near to 20 years. The reasons she’s been given don’t make sense, unless you interpret it as daring to speak the truth to power, and offending someone with rather an overinflated sense of their own importance. At least my father-in-law, who has also been quite ill, is improving.
And all I can do, for any of those involved, is listen. Fortunately I’m very good at it, but I think we could all really use a break here. And if we can’t find the brake lever, can we maybe get the tool box off the throttle at least?
Let me know if my mom should call yours and check in. I hope your dad recovers soon and that your friend finds new work in a jif. An attorney? Our seders read a bit like chad gadya…dad w/bronchitis leading, mom and aunt w/macular degeneration, aunt broke grandmother’s wine glass, ceramic salt water jar, and got into a car accident on the way home in Ohio (she is fine, car needs repair). Toilet overflowed, disposal quit and dishwasher temporarily disabled itself.
Some things are slowly on the mend. And so, I sympathize with your situations.