I have a wonderful, brilliant, beautiful friend who has really endured more than her fair share in life. When she was in high school, she slept walked out the second story window of her house. She was in a coma for weeks. Her priest came and read her her last rights. Her parents believed they had lost a child.
She pulled through. She now has a metal plate in her head and a few scars you have to look hard to see, but if there is any brain damage you would hard pressed to know. I met her in Organic Chemistry, where we took turns getting the highest grades in the class (her more often than me). I think we would all be lucky to have that brain. From what she has told me her recovery wasn’t easy, but she came back kicking.
I was overjoyed for her when she got engaged and then married. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving person. I am ashamed to say that we lost touch a little after her wedding. I started vet school, and I assumed she was off being a happy newlywed.
Yesterday we got a letter from her parents. Apparently, we never got a thank you note for our gift (we hadn’t noticed). They explained (quite beautifully and graciously) that this was because the marriage wasn’t working out. I don’t know the details, but it sure does make my problems seem small. I can’t imagine the pain she is in.
I know God won't give us more than we can bear. All I can assume is that he knows how amazingly strong and resilient she is. I am pulling for her to get another second chance.
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