[ ] Over the years I detached myself from religion until I became an atheist. Yesterday, I had video contact with friends in the USA and a husband of one, Paul E, an American banjo player with whom I play, has cancer and is very weak. His wife asked us to think of him, which I do all the time, but also to pray for him. I find myself caught between my desire to respond to the request and that of preserving an intellectual honesty that would avoid being confronted with a lie.
JEAN-MARC @ Issue no. 265My dad is dying. It’s cancer. I’m spending as much time with him as I can, but in the absolute terror of it all, I can’t help but crack jokes. And then the guilt takes over. Do you or Susie ever joke or laugh in your grief?
ROGER @ Issue no. 305