How has your life been these days? Are you still living life to the fullest amidst the pandemic? Have you been vaccinated?
These days people have never been peaceful. Why? Because we are at war. A war with the invisible enemy.
It’s been seventeen months that we are battling with the virus. If you are still physically fit as of today you must be thankful. If your family is still living free of illness then don’t be too sure. You must make sure that you are safe and protected against the killer virus.
Last week my colleague who is working onsite in the office informed us in our group chat that his father was rushed to the hospital. His father was infected and all of them in their house were exposed so they were quarantined. Three days ago he messaged us again saying that his father never made it. We are all saddened by his loss and filled with remorse because he was asking for donations to add for the hospital bill.
When bad things happen like this to some people I know, I pause and think, what if it happened to me or to a family member at home. I don’t know what to think even if for example it happened to me. I don’t know if I can handle the pain, the sadness and burden it will bring.
Actually the day after my colleague's father died, my sister posted in her social media and my wife saw it. I no longer have FB, it said something like my uncle (my mother’s older brother) died. I only met my uncle twice I guess so we are not that close. My mother has 12 siblings and I don't know who most of them are. I only knew some who lived near our area when I was kid. I momentarily felt sad because my mothers siblings are decreasing little by little. However I don’t really feel so upset because I haven’t seen him for I think twenty years since grandma died. Although I have to empathize as he was a family member, my mother’s brother.
When I hear of someone having lost a family member, I always think of the person being left behind. Like for example sudden loss of a head of the family. Then the wife was left with three or five kids and the husband didn't have a decent job. I felt sorry for the kids, because they were weeping and didn't understand why their father had to leave.
When my grandma died, I attended the burial. I saw how my aunt wept and cried out loud when grandma’s casket was about to be put inside the chamber. Then she fainted.
It is really hard for people when a loved one is lost. Especially if the people were so dear to us. We cried as if our life is connected to the person. Sometimes a person would say he would want to be dead too. Life is now meaningless living without the loved one. But we have our own life to live too and that we have to move on even if it’s painful. It really takes a long time to heal.
It’s funny sometimes when young people are in love with each other and then one would say, “I can’t live without you.” In the event that one finds comfort in another, the relationship breaks. Both find another partner. Literally, did they die?
Sometimes I wonder what life would be like for the people left. For example, what will happen to my kids when I’m gone? How will my wife live with our kids. She will become both a father and a mother. She will become restless because she will work and then take care of our kids. Or what if my wife would be gone? How will I handle her task at home as a mother? Can I handle the stress?
However there are people who are experiencing this scenario right now. Single parent as the name says. I know it is hard to live with your kids and no partner beside you. No one to cuddle you at night. No one to cry on. No one to talk to and share some words with before bedtime. What more if the sudden loss occurs during this time of pandemic where the economy is so down. It would be a real chaos and a nightmare just like living in war. A war with an invisible enemy.
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It's true that's why it's understandable how frustrated and high the emotions are surrounding this virus. It's no joke. We have lost a lot. We really must have a stronger resolve and strengthen each other instead. Enough with the negative emotions. We should come together to end this pandemic.