Good manners, and a sense of doing the right thing, came home to roost recently.
A colleague and warm acquaintance—I’d be pressed to say “friend”—lost his wife early last spring. I was added to an email list of “close friends” who received weekly updates on her progress fighting cancer almost as soon as it was diagnosed the previous fall. The situation was dire, and the outcome known. It was really just a matter of time.
I felt that any contribution I could make—not really knowing the family or other friends copied on these updates well—would seem somehow trite if not offensive. So, I read and soaked up the outpouring of love and support from afar, amazed at the tribe this couple had supporting them during their excruciating ordeal.
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