a non-Easter diversion worthy of Easter

or, today in kidney transplant news
This quote is from a  New York Times piece in yesterday’s paper that has nothing to do with Easter, or with religion, except that it is intensely apropos for me today, before I head out to Easter mass:

“Yes, there are hundreds and hundreds of people like this,” she said. “But this is the one who knocked on our door.”

You know from the sub-head that this is a kidney transplant story, and you will have to read From Brother to Brother, a Kidney , and a Life, through to the end for the quote. The manifest story line is about the odd regulatory preference for government health payments in support of a lifetime of dialysis over a (much less expensive) kidney transplant followed by anti-rejection drugs, but The Story, for me, this day among all, is the devotion of one brother to another, and the willingness of people in the bureaucracy to say things like in the block quote above, and to act as though they mean it.

Whether you are getting over a gefilte fish overdoes this morning, celebrating Easter, or simply enjoying a sunny Sunday, life is good. Enjoy.

© Sandy Mattingly 2012