I just don’t get it. Why does one person cop multiple illnesses? And why does this seem to happen to the beautiful people?
Later this week I will be travelling to Perth to meet my friend at the airport, after which we will spend two luxurious nights at a resort. During the days, I will take my friend to her medical appointments; in the evenings we will sip wine, eat pizza, and reminisce.
She was the first kid to say hello to me on the bus to school after my family moved from PNG to Australia. Since then, we have had years of little contact due to busyness, geography etc. but, more recently, have reconnected.
‘How is it possible for you to still laugh?’ I asked her on the phone tonight, to which she replied with her laugh.
My friend suffers severe eye conditions and an unhealed broken foot and yet she can still maintain laughter within her suffering. How does she do this?
I haven’t mentioned her name because she is very private but I so wish I could salute her publicly because she is amazingly philosophical and pragmatic.
And maybe she and I will make a bit of sense out of the suffering conundrum when we see each other in a couple of days. I can’t wait!
Sorry about that image. Prince always seems to want to give me the back view. Here is a better view.
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