A prayer for Helen

Reading the title at first, I thought that Sim's post yesterday morning was the long-awaited and promised-return only to read of the saddening news about his aunt.

I won't bore or offend with platitudes or inane commentary. Suffice it to say, I understand what it is he and his family face; the cruelest part of a chronic illness is how it lulls you into thinking your loved one is doing fine, but all the while underneath the thin veneer they are still very, very sick.

I watched it with my mother, and Sim it seems has already suffered through a similar thing before. It is my hope that Helen will live many more good years, years spent teaching her family, loving them and sharing herself with them at every opportunity. She, and you, will be added to my prayer list.