Soldiers All

Herself belongs to a small online group of lovely women of assorted ages, backgrounds, and locations throughout the country.  They are articulate, funny, and unfailingly kind to one another.  Of late, several of the members of the group have been experiencing trials and difficulties:  sorrows of love, remembrances of loved ones lost, tests of patience with family members, employment challenges and household problems.  The one constant that many of them have, is the unquestioning support of one another.  She thinks of them often and hopes they find comfort in the group as they struggle.

This man beside us also has a hard fight with an unfavouring world, with strong temptations, with doubts and fears, with wounds of the past which have skinned over, but which smart when they are touched. It is a fact, however surprising. And when this occurs to us we are moved to deal kindly with him, to bid him be of good cheer, to let him understand that we are also fighting a battle.

~ John Watson