She paused, breathed deeply, and closed her drooping-deep-set-eyes. Her reflection seemed dreary, bleak but she just couldn't—not a single drop.
For seventy two years, she has been struggling. Suffering became the very air she needed to live. For how many more years must she endure?
He watched her intently. The woman he tied the knot with for more than fifty years. He wondered how she made it possible, what seemed like the impossible. He smiled a bit. Cherished memories flooded his mind. The first meeting, the first date, the first kiss, and other myriad moments and small wonders that exhilarated his soul.
She opened her medicine pill box. She never forgot, never missed a single tablet or a capsule. She has to—her conviction—she knew that Sean was not ready for her vanishing and crossing over to the afterlife.
Sean was on his way to 33 Pendleton Lane. His wife died when she gave birth to their sixth child. He never questioned, never complained nor even talked about it. He took it like a saintly man. His faith resonated in his darkest hours.
She heard a vehicle park in front of their driveway. Immediately, she alerted her husband.
He took his cane then, carefully and slowly, went down the winding staircase.
Everything was ready. Everything in place. It would be the last. Ultimately, it has to be perfect or as close as it could get.
The teenager took out the wheelchair from the trunk and placed it near the driver's door. Sean got off the jeep and sat straight into his wheelchair. His other son, carried a huge carton box filled with Holiday gifts. The other children, followed and they, patiently and excitedly, waited for the bright, yellow door to be opened.
The old man halted a bit at the foyer. He pressed the master switch and the entire first floor became bright as day.
Then...
Well, we could only write crooked lines that ensued, only God could write a straight line in such a special case.
What happened then was shrouded in secrecy and mystery. It was as if their home's windows were covered by drapes and a force—unexplained—has hidden the view. But happiness, holiness, and hope echoed and radiated from the light that could only be seen from within.
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