Hmm?

A couple of weeks ago I saw an acquaintance at church whose mother had been very ill. He and his family had gone to stay with his parents for many weeks, maybe months, to help out, so it had been quite a while since I had seen them. I went up to the husband (it was his mom) and said, "Hi! I heard your mom was ill - how is she doing?"

He gave a hearty laugh. Then he said, "Oh, she's way more than sick! She's dead!"

I couldn't find it in my heart to laugh along. I just couldn't!