As humans, we are drawn to the light; we are not equipped to cope with the darkness indefinitely, and those who remain too long there do so at their own peril. I can honestly say that the days following the second anniversary of my son’s accident were some of the most difficult I encountered. Continue reading
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Nightfall – Chapter 8.3
“Guy? Is it true?”
“I keep asking myself that same question.”
“What happened?
“There was an accident. He didn’t survive.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“I can’t talk. I have to go.”
This conversation by Facebook IM with my friend Lacey, was the first of many that were repeated scores of times with seemingly countless individuals. The advantage of a ubiquitous communications system that enables you to reach almost anyone you know at any time of the day or night. Continue reading
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Nightfall – Chapter 8.2
The nightfall of my son’s passing was more than a dark sky devoid of moon and stars. Both above and beneath me, it seemed there was only darkness, the night above and the abyss below.
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.
And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.”
– Fredrich Nietzsche
Epigram 146, Beyond Good and Evil
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