A lot has happened this month.

1) My mother had a surgery to remove her whole thyroid gland (turned out that the nodules in her neck were malignant, but the surgeon removed the affected tissues). We'll know more next week when the tissues have been analyzed.
2) A friend's brother-in-law has leukemia. He has 2 kids, oldest is in kindergarten.
3) A family friend, who had a stroke a few years ago, had a hard time breathing earlier in the week. Turns out that she needs a heart by-pass surgery, but she doesn't want it.
4) Found out today that a cyclist who was killed early yesterday morning was the husband of my sis-in-law's coworker. I worked at the same company a few years ago. The funeral is next week.

What else will happen?

I feel bad for them. Actually, guilty. They are all good people, certainly better than me. It's just not right.