utterly brill

my best friend eric was recently diagnosed with Evans' Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that requires months of chemotherapy and an ever-increasing pile of medical bills for all the things one's insurance won't cover (because living is expensive). having never been particularly sympathetic before, eric was surprised to be greeted at work yesterday by his manager who handed him a sealed, blank envelope. every coworker had pitched in money to help eric with his medical bills. they had raised $500.

eric described himself as flabbergasted. i was moved to tears.

then, tragically coming back into character, i emailed him. "you know what you should do? you should show up tomorrow in a mink coat with a big price tag on it that says $500."

"utterly brill," he replied. "that's exactly what i'm going to do."

and you know what? i think he just might.