EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT The Night Deepens: (Page 13-14) The curtains of my hospital room were closed now.Had I closed them?I looked at the clock again,then almost got up to see if it was unplugged.Time seemed to stand still.I needed to talk to someone.Perhaps a nurse would come visit with me,or better yet, I could call home.I reached across the bed and got the phone. Moments later it was ringing,and Donna,our fifteen year- old,answered it.She immediately asked if I was okay.It was wonderful to hear the concern in her voice.I told her that everything was fine but that I was a little lonely.dad isnt home yet, she said.My heart dropped.I wanted so desperately to talk to him.Mom?Are you okay?,she asked,and I said Yes,Im fine.But what I wanted to say was Please,get Dad and send him back!Get him here as soon as you can!My apprehensions were growing.I heard little voices over the phone:I want to talk to Mom. Hey give me the phone! Ill tell her Dad! And the sounds of home made me feel better.I spent the next half hour saying goodnight to each child.But when I hung up the loneliness fell on me again like a blanket.The room seemed darker,and the distance between the hospital and our home felt more like a million miles than just across town.My family was life itself to me,and being away from them scared me,hurt me.But as I thought again of each of my children,and of course of my husband,Joe,I felt better,and at that point nobody in the world could have convinced me that in only hours I wouldnt care if I ever returned home to them again --that in fact,I would be begging not to return to them. I had always thought that my husband and children would eventually replace the family I had missed in my childhood.I had promised myself that when I married and began my own family that they would be my prime interest and my greatest refuge. To be Continue...... -Joyful Living-
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