sad day

today is a sad day. all around the world there are people saying that exact thing. there must be a million or maybe a hundred million reasons why today is a sad day for some people.
today is a sad day because my friend's father is on his death bed after a long struggle with cancer. i feel sad for her and her mom, and her dad, too, because he never got to grow old and live his life out with his wife or see his daughter get married to the man who asked her daddy's blessing just before he started chemo.
i can't imagine what it feels like to sit by and wait for the person you love to die. the thought of it makes me physically ill. the news was that he won't make it to the end of the day. what do you say? what do you pray for? do you dare hope to drag it out another day? what do you say to your daughter? i don't know.
today my heart goes out to this family. i know there are no words to console grief like theirs.