I looked to the heavens and demanded an explanation from God.
Why?!
Why does my wife have Stage 4 cancer?! Answer me, dammit!
And God said nothing.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I repeated my plea, “Why, God? Why her?” But the only response was the rustling of leaves in the evening breeze and the distant sound of the express train rattling through the nearby station. And, in that moment I felt as if the entire universe had turned its back on me.