The Healing of Hearts and Lungs
On this weekend six years ago, two hearts abruptly ceased beating. One heart was mourned as the loss of a beloved mother, wife, new grandmother, respected civil servant and dear friend. The other heart was only a couple months away from also being mourned but because of this first heart’s tragedy, the fatigued and unsuspecting heart was intentionally and temporarily stopped so it could receive a gift: a beautiful pair of lungs, not yet finished on this earth. It took many weeks for that heart to learn how to welcome these strange and shocked lungs — when you’ve spent years adjusting to the darkness, the sunlight can blind and overwhelm. But through a relentless medical team and a body’s basic will to live, a balance was found and the rebirth was complete. ————— Although my thoughts are mostly consumed in the day-to-day, the mundane, the hustle and bustle and the first world problems, it’s lovely to take a moment to reflect on these past six “bonus” years I’ve had. I’m certai...