Family Issues

There comes the moment, Loving Spirit, when we are devastated by the news of a loved one's tragedy. What should our first response be? What can we say or do for our loved one and for the family members who so lovingly surround him? How should we pray? How we wish we could say, "There, there, now, I'm sure everything will be okay." Or if we can't offer words, surely there must be something we can do. Perhaps we can locate a new specialist, a new medicine, a new diet, a new prayer -- something, surely something. Then we come back to the wall that we will never climb. Our helplessness makes us angry that we cannot find a glimmer of hope that will bring our loved one back into the mainstream of life. Even now we pray for a miracle -- an extension of time, a soothing comfort -- t…