Sorry about the unannounced disappearance. My grandmother ended up in the hospital, with what was determined to be a flare up of her ulcerative colitis. So I spent four days hanging out in the hospital, and then helping her in her return to home. She’d lost a lot of strength, so she needed a fair amount of help. Luckily, she has a home health aide who is wonderful.

The hardest part of the entire week were her comments about how she was tired of living and didn’t understand why she was still around. After this week, I understand her exhaustion with life, but hearing that still pains me.

So I hope you’ll forgive me my absence, but I’m fully aware this may happen again.