Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My friend had a pacemaker put in two days ago and I just dropped by a bouquet of flowers for her. She's doing great. What amazing things the medical world can do these days. She is loved by so many, including her large family and mass of friends. She lost her wife a couple of years ago, and her recovery from that grief is inspiring to me. She has a new partner now, who seems wonderful. I have another friend who has to go into assisted living for thirty days, but she's 92, so there is a question if she will ever live in her house again. Her daughter lives next door, but works full time, has two teenage sons and a new husband, so that leaves my friend alone a lot and the situation seems unwise. Her daughter will do the right thing, I'm assured of that. So we are getting fragile, and health issues are going to arise frequently. We fight the good fight, and support each other, but as my best friend says, "it is what it is".