Hard times hit even good stewards

I laughed when I read the letter "Where is reward for good stewards?" from USA TODAY reader Sarah Kapcar (Monday).

She has two sons. I had one who died of cancer three years ago. He was 8 years old. The hospital bills drove us to bankruptcy. My husband went back and forth from work to the hospital so much that he lost his job. It took him more than a year to get another one, which paid less.

Now we have a mortgage we can't afford, and no bank will refinance us because of the bankruptcy.

I forgot to mention that on Sept. 28, my mom passed away. She had been very ill for more than six months. I spent a lot of gas going between my house and the nursing home to visit her.

All this time I thought we were having a run of really bad luck. ...