You know, I don't subscribe to that belief that God (or any other deity that a person calls on) sends bad stuff to test us or make us better or ... whatever. I believe that when we got free will (that thing that separates us from the rest of the sentient creatures on this Earth) we also had to take the whole shebang. Everybody got free will -- creeps, microbes, viruses, the weather, you name it. Just a whole bunch of nastiness and chaos got tossed out because that's what free will is all about. Choices. So we get smacked and beaten down and starved and abused. Because the creeps have free will.. And so do the cells in our bodies that turn into cancer and tumors. And (I'm sorry, I really am) but I believe that some people choose evil. Deliberately.

So there you are. No deity out to get you. No fist to shake at the heavens, or trees or rocks or wherever. Just a hope that we can pray and light candles and talk to our Creator and push that darkness and chaos back a bit. Or find comfort in the midst of the crazy and pain. Because my God is there, hurting with MRSA and in anguish because that precious little one is in pain and your sweet daughter is desperate and your heart is breaking and you can't do anything. My God is with you, with them, holding their hands and your, whispering that love will win in the end, Light will break and morning will come and the battle is worth fighting.

And I'm going to put a big ol' whammy on that creepy landlord and that piece of .... ex and then ask for forgiveness.

Hugs and thinking of you,
Sunny