Life isn't fair....

My Dad is finally home.

Thank you to my dearest doctor friend forever,

Dr. Aimee, for bringing him home.

Not a lot of people would be willing to bring

the cremains of someone else's father.

But my friend was more than willing to do

that for me and my family.

"I owe you big time Aimee."

I don't even know how I could ever

return back the favor.

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As I was reading my News Feed this evening,

Facebook reminded me of something I wrote 

... exactly three years ago.

I wrote about death.

"Now let me talk about death, my favorite topic. 

Have written this before.... 

" the great equalizer isn't education, it is death"..

 Quite self explanatory ! 

At the end of the day, at the end of our journey, 

you shall leave behind your "greatness".

 I , too, shall leave behind my 'insignificance and smallness'. 

Your bronze coffin and my wooden one 

carry  the same dead remains of a person

 who once was .... .... ..... 

What we have in common is that we have been loved

,not just by one, or a few others ... 

But for you, it's millions.... 

Still that love is the same

 ... the greatest love is , you all know that.

We shall be with Him who loves us unconditionally. 

We are equal in death. God loves us all."

***

As I was watching a koreanovela over the weekend,

the fiance of the lead character was struck by a vehicle,

 which eventually led to his death.

  The voice-over said, 

"The most unfair thing in this world is death." 

 That was when I found myself weeping again.  

I remember telling my son that life isn't fair.

I shall say to him that at the end of our lives,

we will experience the most unfair thing

in life... death.

We may find ourselves equal in death.

... and for those left behind in this unfair life,

we will also grieve as equals.

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Death leaves this gaping hole in my heart

that never seems to heal. (betsisanders 2015)

 

(Somewhere in El Nido, 2015)

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