It's a slow fade......

It is only Wednesday and I have learned my precious friend, M. Sweeney didn't get the results he needed from his last cancer screen....we are left with heavy hearts, hurting knees and helplessness.
One of our friends is now living as a single mom, out of town boyfriend...texted by her x that he is remarrying after dating for 4 weeks...and she is doing it sober for the very first time. She almost died 2 months ago from liver failure. A complete alcoholic....we knew, but didn't know it was that severe. She came home from OUTPATIENT therapy in ATL only 2 weeks ago.
Today she called us to her house. In a dark bedroom, we found our friend curled up crying that she is afraid she will die. She is so depressed. If she drinks anything she will die. And she is scared she will drink. So SHOCKED THAT HER X WOULD MOVE ON. SO QUICKLY. Completely broken. Telling, well, yelling for God to get off of her back. When she just can't see it is HIS back that she needs to turn and climb on....she refuses Him.
That song, it's a slow fade just came on, from the movie "fireproof." It is as if it was written for her. Her life didn't fall apart in a day. It was a slow fade. There was a second glance on an airplane.....led to comprimise. Mommies don't crumble in a day.....families don't crumble in a day..... Her x isn't perfect, but I can't blame him for this....I don't want to blame her....I see beyond the boyfriend to the real problem- alchohol.
But the saddness is brutal. The children. Oh my, those sweet kiddos. Then, as I listen to that song, and look out of my window with my burdened heart, I see my neighbors house whose marriage also ended....slow fade....now his xwife is back in Indiana with their kids. And he misses them. I know they miss him.
Such saddness lurkes. The enemy means to destroy. Our relationships, our families, our health. Praise God He will protect!