The weather lately has been very hazy with a mix of fog and pollution.  As days go in Guangzhou this is a good day. An adult  student of mine had some sad news today for class. Her sister is sick with cancer. She is only 40 with a six year old. She had uterine sarcoma, a very deadly cancer and apparently a some what agressive cancer. Well she had her woman parts removed and did the chemo. That was six months ago. Everyone thought that was it, all is good.  My student, Fanny came to me today to tell me it had spread to her lungs. She started to cry. This is her only sister. In China, having a sibling is a very big deal. You are very lucky to have one if you have one. In America we seem to take our siblings for granted a lot of the time. She was a mess. We talked for hours. I could tell her heart was broken. She does not think any more chemo will help.  She has to break the news to her father. He will be 78 next month. She was debating when to tell him, before the party they have been planning for him or after. She already lost her mother to cancer three years ago. In the past eight months I have heard many stories about Chinese families losing a loved one early to strange and very agressive cancers. I was thinking, and then I just stopped thinking.