Just watched the latest walking dead episode and it made me think of loved ones and also mortality.
In my early 20s I lost two close cousins within a year of each other. Both in car crashes. I had a nervous break down afterwards and nearly two decades on it still pains me deeply and it’s heartbreaking for parents to have to see their children pass away, something I now realise more than ever. I also think that if they had the best cars, with all the best safety equipment, they would still be with us, but that’s an aside.
Love and mortality take up more of my mind as I get older. The other day I thought something might have happened to someone very close to me and they are a single parent. They were fine but as I drove closer to their flat, praying that they and their child were ok, I could barely drive and was really shaken. I think children make you much more aware of how fragile life can be and how protective you become. It’s also why I find it so sad how callous some are to migrants and others who are in difficult situations when it could be your child or family member.
I am lucky in my life to have had a beautiful family, wonderful partners, and seen amazing things in life. I have also seen pain, hardship and difficult times for loved ones and indeed, at times, myself. This is life for most of us, although many poor souls don’t get to see much of the beautiful side.
But in terms of how fragile life is, is there any way of coming to terms with that, or do we just put it to the back of our minds?
In my early 20s I lost two close cousins within a year of each other. Both in car crashes. I had a nervous break down afterwards and nearly two decades on it still pains me deeply and it’s heartbreaking for parents to have to see their children pass away, something I now realise more than ever. I also think that if they had the best cars, with all the best safety equipment, they would still be with us, but that’s an aside.
Love and mortality take up more of my mind as I get older. The other day I thought something might have happened to someone very close to me and they are a single parent. They were fine but as I drove closer to their flat, praying that they and their child were ok, I could barely drive and was really shaken. I think children make you much more aware of how fragile life can be and how protective you become. It’s also why I find it so sad how callous some are to migrants and others who are in difficult situations when it could be your child or family member.
I am lucky in my life to have had a beautiful family, wonderful partners, and seen amazing things in life. I have also seen pain, hardship and difficult times for loved ones and indeed, at times, myself. This is life for most of us, although many poor souls don’t get to see much of the beautiful side.
But in terms of how fragile life is, is there any way of coming to terms with that, or do we just put it to the back of our minds?
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