Why is life so cruel?

About a year ago, give or take a fe months, I met a couple in dtroke support. They are a nice couple; the wife is the survivor and the husband is the caregiver. Recently, she has started to again shoe progress and was able to again start therapy. We had gone to dinner once and it was a nice outing and then do to work, I missed the last meeting. I emailed them and said we should get together and asked what happened at the meeting. When I hadn't heard, I called but got the answering machine and left an answer,

Today, I received a call from the survivor. She told me that her husband had had brain surgery for a brain tumor and it was found to be malignant. How can these things happen? Yes, I read the book, Bad things Happenm to Good People but that doesn't make things anty better.

It has been about 10 days since the surgery and he is in a rehab; I went to see him and he looked quite well. Tomorrow he is going to do the pre-arrangements for radiation and will most likely have chemo as well.

In a strange way, her now having to be the caregiver in a sense perhaps is a blessing of sorts because it may (in a strange way) set a course for her to advance and for him - well, a certain number of people do become survivors and why can't he be one of them. I pray that this will happen.

There is a saying that translated is,"People plan and God laughs" If you think about it , it's so true.