Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I talked to a childhood friend a couple of days ago who has just found out she has stage 4 breast cancer.  She sees her oncologist tomorrow and will then know the treatment plan.  She's just had knee surgery, and has a history of back surgeries, knee and hip replacements and now this.  It's a shock for her, and she felt like it came out of nowhere.  I hope I reassured her of the many options these days for treatment, and that she felt a bit better when we rang off.  But really, I'm many states away and though another friend of hers and I plan to visit, we really won't be much help.  Fortunately, her husband will be right by her side, and they've made friends where they live now and have many others across the country.  She has a daughter that just moved to my town, so maybe I'll be able to offer support for her.  But this journey is a difficult one and there is little I can do to ease it.  I will pray for her.  She was so good to my parents when they were alive, and I'm forever grateful.  They would be devastated if they knew.