Wednesday night I get to see Hamilton! Our tickets are terrific, and we got them for face value. (The cheapest scalper seats for tonight are $500+.) I've been listening to the soundtrack, prepping. (I can hear Eliza's voice in my head: "Look around ... look around ...".) I am so excited that my city has come together over a biracial cast rapping about the founding fathers.
What a glorious, positive thing!
I was also looking forward to spending time with my friend Barb. Her life is changing so much. Newly retired, awaiting breast reconstruction, downsizing one home into another ... I don't really know the details of what's going on with her and I was looking forward to catching up.
So when I got the email this afternoon, I felt my stomach drop.
Barb's husband is in the hospital. In the morning they thought it was pneumonia. When I held her and hugged her this evening, the doctors were preparing her and John for the likelihood of lung cancer.
This news exhausted me. I got home and went to sleep on the sofa at 8:00.
2016 has delivered to much pain and hardship to me and to those around me. I can't bear to list it all out right now.
Thank God for the Cubs.
Oh, Gal, I'm so sorry. 2016 certainly stinks for you and those you love.
ReplyDeleteI'm sort of jealous you get to see Hamilton. The history teacher in me is dying to go!
Cancer sucks. It just sucks the life out of everyone - not just the one with the diagnosis. I'm so sorry for your friends and their families, including you. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI will have a good thought for you and your friends...
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