Such Unkindness!

I feel very... frustrated... by the plight of someone I know. I don't know her hugely well, though I count her as a friend - we seem to have managed to keep in contact despite us both moving, despite all sorts of mishaps and she is someone I feel comfortable with. She's delightful - very intelligent, funny and with a really warm and caring personality - she's someone you end up spending a lot of time smiling with.

She has been through some pretty dreadful times. A severe accident and now even more trouble to try her and there's not much I can do to help - it's very frustrating. I have been in a very similar position to the one she is in and I don't envy her it one little bit. I know she's strong and I know she is bright and has enough cahunes to come through it all, but somehow, I wish I could do more.

I don't know why I rage at the injustice - maybe it's a reaction to how I felt when it happened to me - but whatever the cause, it has fired me to try to do something to balance a wrong with a right. Lighting a candle won't work for this, as nice as it sounds - this is the sort of thing where I need to pull on my boots and coat, point my face into the storm and be as wild as the weather, use it's energy and howl back at the wind. Yes, I have done enough gentle stuff, now is the time for a little March madness.