Dear Eric: A year ago, I had to have a procedure for a brain tumor. A very scary emotional roller coaster event. My best friend of 42 years, said, “Don’t worry; I will be with you every step of the way.”
When the date and time were finally provided, I told her we have to be at the hospital at 6:30 a.m. Her response was “I can’t go then; I don’t get up until 9. I would have to call my daughter and see if I would hear the phone when she called me. I don’t have an alarm clock.”
I was so taken aback, my friend who was going to be with me every step of the way was not going to make any effort to get up and go to the hospital with me. The day before the procedure, she called to say good luck and never called afterward to see how I was…