Here are some past ones:
-Horrible asshole of a student makes my life hell all day. I report his ass to his head grade teacher. What do I get told: "Please be patient with him." Patient? Patient?! He called me dirty words, and told me to die. And he's done this since I started teaching him! This isn't the first time I've complained. My English teachers know. They didn't do anything. Now all the other teachers in the grade know and they aren't doing anything. I actually told my English teacher, "If he tells me to drop dead one more time, I'm going to jump out one of the gym windows. And I'm taking the little shit with me." Then I went home and took the train to meet up with friends who treated my mood with many hours of karaoke. There was a very interesting rendition of "Bring Me to Life" when I burst into hysterical laughing/crying at the start of it. And it lasted several songs. But it was very cathartic. After wards when the little shit was being shitty, I just smiled and patted him on the head and walked off laughing. He quit after a while.
-I am told moms breast cancer, that she managed to beat, has now come back. It's in the spine and is incurable and inoperable. When I go back to America from Japan for my sisters wedding in December I see my mom. And she's not the woman I remember. She's still mentally strong... but you could see the affect on her body. I nearly cried.
-Just recently I learned my mom has to go under stronger treatment for the spine cancer. While at home visiting I happen to see the results of her latest MRI testing at MD Anderson. One of the spots is twice as big as it was. And another new spot has appeared. I go back to my home that night and cry most of the way as I realize my mom is very, very, very slowly dieing.
-When I learned that my oma (grandma in German) had a kidney tumor while I was in Japan, AND NO ONE TOLD ME. Or the car wreck my parents were in in Houston, AND NO ONE TOLD ME. I had to learn about #1 while I asked my dad about family medical history, and #2 as a random comment in a conversation! Gee thanks for telling me. I know I was in Japan, but I'd like to know about these things!