How do you be a good friend

So...I have this friend, his name is Andrew...he's a great guy, younger than me, but a great chum-around with kinda guy.  His oldest sister, who is just a year or two older than me, has had cancer most of her adult life.  He just called me to say that the plans we had for tomorrow are on hold because his sister is back in the hospital, and it's not looking good.

I don't exactly know how to act.  I've never been the best friend of someone who is loosing a family member at such a young age.  All I can tell him, or even think to tell him is that, I love him, and that he's in my thoughts and prayers.  In all seriousness...he is.  There is power in Prayer, and I don't know how to explain it...but, I guess that's all I can do really.  At least that's how I feel.

My Nana passed away 2 years ago...I had no one.  MY family, sure...but they were all going through the same thing, ya know?  Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who is removed from the situation.  My Nana was a daily part of my life...she was my best friend.  There is not one major milestone through my life that she wasn't apart of.  She never missed a band concert in the 7 years I was in Band...we had family dinners most Sunday evenings.  She helped pay for my mission when I was 21...you see what I'm saying? 

So this friend is loosing someone who has been apart of his life for as long as he can remember.  I hope that I can be the support and strength that he needs.

To those who have become my friends...especially those in 2old2pwn...THANK YOU!  Thank you for accepting me and becoming my friends, and a group of people I know I can rely on.