Death. If you want to scare someone forget the horror shows just speak of real death and our mortality. Yesterday i was filled with much happiness because a journey i had started a few years ago finally came to an end. My search is over, the course has been run and i suppose it can be said that i won. However, in my euporia i was filled with much sadness as a dose of reality and mortality slapped me in the face. At the culmination of my journey i discovered that the rumours i had heard were true. A very dear childood friend of mine for the past 50 years, had passed out of this life. On one hand, i am happy that he is no longer suffering the physical aliments of this world and i am very happy that i was able to lead him to the Lord for the last few years of his life. No i dont worry about where he is now. I just miss my dear friend and all our long talks, sharing each others lives across the miles. Watching each of our families grow up and start their own lives. Somehow we think that life will just keep on and you have all the time in the world, until you discover you dont. I have told people for a long time, not to put off telling people how you feel. Tomorrow is promised to no one. I guess i didnt have a sense of closure until at this moment because i am still processing the facts. However after finally tracking down his gravesite, i can only believe he is really gone. As i have gotten older i find that i am starting to lose family and friends. I suppose i am most frustrated because he has been deceased for almost 2 years and i have never heard a word from his family. For fifty years i have been there when they needed me. In their younger days things were rough on the farm. When Gary fell ill, i was the one that arranged his dyalysis and treatment and talked Gary into wanting to live. Yet when Gary passes not one of them can take the time to notify me. People make excuses for the grieving party and i understand that sometimes you get busy. However we were like brothers and how long does a call,text,email,fax,telegram,wire,snail mail or even smoke signals take? I had to accidently find out and never really believed it was true until yesterday. I guess the moral of this story is make arrangements for someone to notify your loved ones if you pass. Good bye old friend you will truly be missed "Gary W. Hensley, feb 23,1952-oct 2,2011" His Amazing Grace Led Him Home!
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 05:17:54 +0000
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