In an Instant
August, 2000 My uncle is leaving work to go home to his wife and newborn daughter. A truck driver is making his last delivery. The truck driver decides to run a red light. In an instant, my uncle is killed. He never got to watch his daughter grow up. He never got to grow old with the love of his life. We never had a chance to say goodbye. My dad stood fatherless and brotherless. There became a forever void in our heart. January, 2010 I get a text from my mother while in Belize. “ Your grandma has been diagnosed with Parkinsons." March, 2014 I get a text from my mother while at work. “We are moving grandma here. She’s not doing well.” April, 2014 We think grandma has Lewy Body Dementia. December, 2015 I’m sitting upstairs and I hear my dad talking about my grandmother’s decline to my mom: “She is all I have left of my family. This is it.” I believe that love and loss are intricately tied. We want to hold on to the on