One of my brothers got sent home early with a medical problem. A problem that no one outside of the family was aware of, and was not immediately evident.
His first Sunday in the home ward one of the mothers of one of his friends was standing in the foyer when he walked in. She was the first person to see him. She literally looked up, saw him, got a huge smile on her face, and gave him a huge hug and told him how happy she was to see him again. She never asked why he was home early, or what happened. She didn't even hesitate, and imo she is a woman who lives her religion. I still remember feeling so relieved that she was the one standing at the door to welcome him to church, and not somebody that was going to act awkward, or pretend they didn't know him. He got that a little bit too, and it sucked.
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