sorrows

I received a call from a friend today that another friend of ours recently had a miscarriage. She had asked the friend to call others so that she did not have to go through the uncomfortable conversation when people asked how she was doing (with the pregnancy). My heart is just crying for her and her husband. They have struggled for so long to have children and while I have never experienced this pain myself I can only imagine the sadness she must be feeling right now.
I spoke to another friend during this past week, she has a pre-teen son who has had problems with porn. This problem has now escalated to stealing women's underwear and she is so scared. She is scared for his future and her little girl. I am scared for her and don't know how to help. What a scary thing for such a little boy to be struggling with. Who do you talk to about something like that?

There are so many issues in the world today that people keep secret or don't want to talk about.... struggling relationships, miscarriages, child issues..... Why are people so afraid (myself included) to talk about problems -- I believe there is so much judgement in the world that we have shut others out.... It's just so sad.