I got the news this morning that my dearest friend's dad has officially received the Terminal diagnosis as of yesterday. They had such hopes of him being okay and getting better after the surgeries but the doctors just keep finding more cancer and Kim just keeps getting weaker and sicker. It's heart breaking. I only met the man one time six years ago but during that one meeting he left a lasting impression on me. He reminds me so much of my own daddy that hearing this news broke my heart. I wanted so badly to see him healthy doing fine when I fly out there in five weeks but now I don't even know if he'll be alive in that time.
Most of all my heart breaks for my dearest friend Rene. She is a Daddy's girl and this news is devistating to her. My heart breaks for Kim's mom who has become my penpal during the 6 years since I met her and she has to be crushed by this setback. And for Jenni, Kim's wife, I've never met her but I've talked to her through MySpace and she seems such a sweet lady, to have this news dropped on her like a most unwelcome bomb must be tearing her heart up. These people are my second family and I miss them, and I wish more than anything that I could be there in Kentucky right now supporting them through this terrible news. But I can't be, I'm 2400 miles away crying and wishing I could do something more substantial.
Cancer is so brutal and devistating. It's an epidemic that affects nearly everyone in the world at some point or another, if not personally, then certainly because someone they know is stricken. I've lost many loved ones already and this is another blow, another loss, another heartache that have to live through and cope with. And it makes me sad and a little angry that this wonderful family is having to endure such tradgedy and unfathomable sadness.
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