We sit with candles burning all around. I am on a laptop with battery power and using a mobile WIFI devise to connect to the internet. I guess on the bigger scale of things I am a lot better off then a lot of other people. We have just had supper. Fortunately the food was prepared by yours truly earlier this afternoon. Depending on your perspective ,the only little or major inconvenience is the fact that our power utility has failed to plan correctly and as result has turned our cities into black holes.So when one looks at the bigger picture, it certainly seems like I am better of then most.
Lets take this just a little further.
Yesterday afternoon, just as we are about to enjoy Sunday roast, a cell phone rings. The wife answers and hands the phone to me. On the other end is a desparate, almost distraught voice. He is a friend. The news he shares is not good news. He's young wife is breathing her last living breaths. Cancer has brought her to the edge and time is running out very rapidly. His plea is a simple one. Will we please just come through and spend a few moments with her and him.
However things are never all that simple. Our location in relation to where they are is about a forty five minute drive. We overlook that small detail and decide to hit the road.
What we find rocks the wife and I to the core. She is not human anymore. Her face is distorted and the once beautiful head of hair is no longer. Yet through all that she hears my voice and sort of responds. What is very evident is time. TIME is not on her side. Sadly her clock is ticking. It is only a matter of TIME.
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