Hard to accept the reality of one's story
As the New Year entered, how our hearts
welcomed the season of many possibilities. Popping the champagne bottle, singing
Aud Lang Syne, hugging your friends and loved ones and just being filled with
so much anticipation for what is to come, how our hearts rejoiced at knowing
this is the year that some of our dreams shall be fulfilled. Then the clock
ticked.... COVID-19 entered our homes without a knock, it slyly came in,
moved silently amongst our loved ones and clawed its venomous fangs into the
beings of the ones we dearly love. Admission to hospital happened so suddenly
one moment we were packing essentials into their overnight bags, not having the
faintest clue that the bag will be the only treasure of theirs that shall
return home.
Nogoodbyes, no farewell just SCREAMS OF DISTRAUGHT! When we received the phone call from an overworked, frontline worker that your loved one didn't make it. You hear the sound of your heart literally breaking into the tinniest of pieces, like a beautiful displayed porcelain doll crashing down from its highly admirable pedestal. Your knees can't hold you, your eyes become blur with tears, tears and more tears. You feel numb, devastated, heartbroken, despair, sad, no words uttered by many can seem to bring comfort. All you want is to be far away n scream your lungs out, as the pain seeps through your once life filled being. Everything after is a blur, the condolences sent by many, the burial arrangements, the colour of casket, flowers, hymns to sing. All you wanted was the last hug, last kiss, last, I LOVE YOU. The day came when you had to say goodbye you had to stand at a distance. No viewing for the last moment, it was so cold, dark n gloomy! All you remember is the undertakers covered in white overalls from head to toe taking your love one to its final resting place.
Forgive but never forget
The Era of Pandemic, year we shall never forget, the year we were taught so many lessons. The year where we realized that how easily life can change in a split of a second. The year where we came to understand how preciously moments turn into memories. The year many chairs, bedrooms, office spaces, table sittings became vacant. The year we were taught the pain in DEATH! As I keep reflect on this ongoing pandemic, I remember one more thing about which I dispersed to share with you. It is the words of Dr. Shashi Tharoor who once said, “No wonder that the sun never set on the British empire because even God couldn’t trust the English in the dark”. Can you me why I have taken Dr. Tharoor’s words, it is just because during this most victims brothers and sisters were from marginalized. But I would like to take comfort in John 11:25 “and Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die, and the one who believes in me will never die..." Hope in the resurrection is my comfort. COVID-19 only ended the temporary life but not the eternal one. I shall see them again because the One who stated the words above is my Promise Keeper and my Saviour. May all those who are currently in this season, find their hope in the resurrection of Jesus, the eternal hope of glory, the One who shall heal your broken heart in this season. And to end, may we love and continue to love those hearts dearly while we still can this side of life. Peace and Hope to all
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