Funny how we lead life avoiding our mortality as if death was not looming for all of us. As is the nature of avoidance, it is only a matter of time before things come full circle and smack us in the face again.
I am sad.
A week ago, my uncle died. People have asked if I was close to him and I find this difficult to answer. No in the sense that I didn't get to see him very much. Yes in the sense that I felt a connection with him that was different. You see, Uncle M. had a mental illness. An illness we have seen progress from being bad to really bad to better and back to bad again...and then better. On and on it went until last Monday.
It was very sudden. When my cousin first called with the news, it was only a guess. Nobody knew what was going on. By the time I got there, it was confirmed. Nothing hit home more for me than seeing my uncle's body being carried out in a body bag.
Such is life.
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