The Speaker
by Louis Jenkins
The speaker points out that we don't really have much of
a grasp of things, not only the big things, the important
questions, but the small everyday things. "How many steps
up to your front door? What kind of tree grows in your
backyard? What is the name of your district representative?
What is your wife's shoe size? Can you tell me the color of your
sweetheart's eyes? Do you remember where you parked
the car?" The evidence is overwhelming. Most of us never
truly experience life. "We drift through life in a daydream,
missing the true richness and joy that life has to offer." When
the speaker has finished we gather around to sing a few
inspirational songs. You and I stand at the back of the group
and hum along since we have forgotten most of the words.
In honor of my academy classmate, Trina Gonzales who died last Saturday.
Oh, with everything else that's been going on, I forgot about this. Unexpected and awful. I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was fast. She went into the ER last June for shoulder pain and they couldn't do an x-ray, as she was pregnant, so they did some other scan and found liver cancer, which quickly spread to her spine. Awful. And so fast.
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