My wife was talking to her sister today and apparently our adult niece who has cancer is not doing to well lately and it doesnt look good for the future.
I cant say we ever had a very close relationship with her but when we did see her she was very affecionate and just a very loving girl with a great personality .
She was never a JW and we lived in different states but from time to time we crossed paths with each other at family reunions etc and sometimes funerals and weddings.
When it hits close to home thats when you feel it.
No doubt many of you have gone through similar experiences yourselves , this same sister my wife talked to lost her 14 year old son to cancer many years ago and I being a new convert tried to comfort her with scriptures .
Dickhead that I was then .