Depressing

While I still had both arms in casts, I paid shiva calls to the families of two congregants who'd died. Since December, I've taken three people off my mi-sheberach list (list of those for whom one is praying for a recovery from illness or injury) due to death. The demographics of our local synagogue being quite tilted toward the senior end of the spectrum, I sometimes feel as if my whole community is dying in front of my eyes.