God, Happiness and Life

My son's godmother and one of my dearest friends, came over recently to visit. It's been awhile. Lots of things happened in her life. Some good, others not that good. I learned she'd been shuttling to the U.S. for the last year or so. Because, first, her marriage unexpectedly, nosedived. Good there are no children :-( Or is that the reason why the marriage went bad? I don't know. Second, her father was diagnosed with colon cancer last year. Recently, both her mom and dad decided to go back here to spend his remaining time with old friends and relatives and a couple of children and grandchildren. Most of the family is in America, you see. It is so depressing. My friend's dad is a quiet and dignified person possessing an aura of respectability. Kind and gentle, he always was a cool dad, easy to please and chummy to all his children's friends. Why do the good one's seem to go ahead first? Early this month, my own uncle was also diagnosed with lung and liver

Last month my cousin's husband died at a ripe age of 49. Stroke. Last week. another cousin informed me her father, my uncle was found to have tumors in his lungs. One is 7 cm in size and there's 10 more smaller ones. This is so depressing. It's been quite... how shall I say it - discomfitting. My cousin died with breast cancer last year. Her husband earlier suffered a stroke and died. Within the same year, another aunt also died of a heart ailment. The other day, I was informed one more aunt suffered a mild stroke. It affected her facial features. It's good that the doctor confirms that it can still be rehabilitated. Whew! And just this morning, THAT uncle with tumor in his lungs now also have it in his liver. Oh GOD! This afternoon my Mom called to tell me she dreamed that we were attending some sort of a big celebration with THAT uncle looking so happy, lots flowers and lots of people in attendance wearing just white and black. This is not good. She insisted that