h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

For all that you managed pretty well it was good that you had friends as support system that you could rely on. In this day and age and especially here in America where we tend to all live so far apart from one another it is really difficult to tend to sick relatives, and everyone is not as connected with a network of friendly neighbours who can step in and spell you for a while. Thanks for sharing this and always be thankful for these helpers and make sure they know you appreciate them. One wonders how many times people come to the end of their tethers and commit suicide with the despair of it, if they had to rely on gov't agencies or church groups to aid in this manner.

It is indeed a sad fact and one I remarked on a few weeks ago, that my first hand experience is certainly that charitable groups can be more generally relied upon that people who have the benefit of legal authority and tax revenue. Sad but true.

*sends a thought of support*

Ta.