Karma or Coincidence?

One of my oldest friends contacted me on messenger a few days ago to tell me she has dementia. she is 66. Her mother and grandmother both died from it. It is like a genetic switch just flipped on. She told me she wasn't going to be able to go to our reunion. The doctors have her on aricept to slow the progession.

here is the sad part.

i had an awful childhood. i loved her mother like my own. My friend was a wild child but i seemed to be a good influence on her while we hung out. But apparently she got into dealing drugs and was hanging with the wrong people and her mother put her foot down,

My friend never forgave her. Then she found out who her real dad was and that he had died before she could make contact. That was the final blow to my friend.

when her mother was diagnosed with Dementia, she told the county home she didn't want to be called or notified ever. She told them where her mother's burial plot was and moved on.

i visited her in the home when i was in town. She knew who i was. She couldn't communicate but she was so happy to see me.

My friend doesn't know what happened to her mother. Now she has dementia too.