Marcia...
...life throws one curve balls and one just keeps trying to knock them out of the park.
Most folks, I've found, are too busy with struggles of their own to be too concerned or to pay too close attention to what occurs around them.
One has to do what one has to do, and the rest of the world can cheer, boo or be oblivious. But none of these reactions really matter in the end.
The struggle, and how you face it, is what counts.
;-)