A good friend of mine grew up very hard, with the loss of at last one brother to crime and his father to kidney disease. This guy is the toughest guy I know, but doesn't say much. He had 4 girls and, at last, a boy; born with Spina Bifida.
After many years, his older brother recently got married and had children. Tragically, the brother's wife and the children recently perished in a fiery car crash. The brother has been in a mental institution, I have heard. Please pray for this family. I'll pay him a visit in NC.
They won't be having a Christmas like most of us.
