Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Today is the birthday of two of my grandchildren.  We had a Zoom party with the older and will have another for the younger on Saturday.  We tried to be gay and bubbly, but I see how fatigued the grandchildren are by now.  Not having anyone to play with is awful.  We also could see how the steroids are etched on our daughter's face, and how much unfair suffering she is experiencing, while trying to make her daughter's life happy.  I felt pretty devastated after.  How is it we cannot protect our children?  It is all wrong.  And yet, that is the nature of our human lives.  I can't accept it, but I cannot change it.  I pray the grandchildren grow up in a world kinder than ours, with an environment that is not ruined.  It is Earth Day.  Honor our earth and do what you can to protect it and all sentient beings.