the good is usually short lived, the bad comes in bundles

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IMADreamer
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the good is usually short lived, the bad comes in bundles

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I feel bad for complaining because I feel like I have a pretty good life, I'm secure, have an awesome family, etc and from the outside things seem like they are cruising along pretty well. It's been astonishing the number of [expletive] that have come up to me since I sold my business telling me how good I have it and all that and it has been good, but it's like some people feel like that should out weight the other life stuff that sucks.

This has been the summer of death. There is no other way to put it. I lost my Grandfather in June, and my Grandmother only a few weeks later. Two weeks ago the last of my Grandfather's generation in our family passed away. My great aunt passed. I remember there was a point where I thought, well surely that is it for a while. Then last week my aunt had a stroke, five days later she died.

All the while my Dad starting his own difficult battle. He's been in poor health for a while, old age, a hard life of farming, and not taking care of himself caught up with him. His declining health was a huge part of my decision to sell out. Then a few weeks ago he started having pains which eventually led to a doctor visit where some test results were abnormal. Then came the weight loss. My Dad is a BIG man and he dropped 20-30lbs in a couple weeks and he wasn't trying. So with further review and more tests in the last couple days it seems like things aren't going to be good. His primary care physician is a good family friend and she basically said there is a good chance it's cancer but she wants the specialist to look everything over to be sure. That was basically the original thinking but the specialist gave us some hope it was something else, in the mean time we kind of have circled back around to it. I'm not saying my Dad has cancer but we will know for sure by the end of the week.

Then for one more big giant kick in the nuts, Friday my Mom found out she was losing her job. The hospital she works for just added a new 3 million dollar wing, which of course means 10 people have to lose their job because we all know big fancy buildings are more important then people. My Mom's job pays for the insurance for my parents, after November they will have none. She has worked there for 37 years and would retire in two.

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That sucks man. Sorry to hear about your parents. You seem to have pretty [expletive] luck about every other week it seems.

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I really feel for you Dreamer. I haven't had a very good run here with my wife lately, but you have been dealing with a ton of [expletive]. Don't be too proud to seek help if things start to feel too daunting.

I will hope for the best for your parents and your family.

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Definitely a tough stretch, Dreamer. Hope you get good news on all fronts soon.

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