why do bad things happen to good people?

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in my life it seems that something good must always end with something bad. i had an amazing february break out in calgary at my brothers. i come home today to find out that a good friend of mine is in the hospital with some kind of problem. i've known he's been sick for the past six months or so, and the doctors don't know what he has. they've tested for everything except cancer, and now that is next. i haven't seen him since august and it is so hard to be this far away from him and now do anything. it's a four day drive to see him, and i could never convince my parents of that. his brother told me he needs some cheering up really badly, so i want to mail him something to make him smile. i thought i could turn to the crafty community for some advice.