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TITLE (EDIT)
Easter Monday |
DESCRIPTION
A True drama - In a brief moment
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TITLE KEYWORD
Mind |
AUTHOR
Neil Southern |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
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[May 2007] |
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
neilsouthern@btinternet.com |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (27)
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Grampalapalopolas (Poetry) Who could this be? [110 words] [Relationships]
How Can Anyone Believe In God? (Poetry) Why would a loving God allow such pain? [85 words] [Mind]
I Dont Know Where You Are Dad (Poetry) Some thoughts for Father's Day [145 words] [Relationships]
I Had A Dream Last Night (Short Stories) How sure can we be about reality? [300 words] [Mind]
I Had Another Dream Last Night (Short Stories) Continuing a quest for reality [147 words] [Mind]
I Have Chosen You (Short Stories) This is just for you and no-one else. [198 words] [Mind]
If The End Is The End (Poetry) People hang on to the belief of Heaven & Hell. What if the end really is the end? [108 words]
In An Instant (Poetry) Reflections on the futility of relationships [111 words] [Relationships]
It Will Come To You (Poetry) It always does.. [162 words] [Mind]
It's All As It Was (Poetry) Do you ever question existence? [138 words] [Mind]
Like A Parallel Cross (Short Stories) A dark tale [3,026 words] [Mystical]
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My Only Friend (Poetry) My dad once told me to hang on to a true friend as there wouldnt be many. [156 words] [Mind]
Paw (Poetry) Life was simple then [210 words] [Relationships]
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The Hill (Poetry) I have often thought of my life as a hill where the early years seemed to be a slow clinb up and more recently a fast uncontrollable rally down [170 words] [Mind]
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What Would You Say? (Poetry) Are we ever alone? [92 words] [Mind]
When The Time Comes (Poetry) Can the acceptance of death overcome pain and fear? [81 words]
Where Do They Go? (Poetry) Nice to think they are still around? [92 words]
Where Is My Dad? (Short Stories) A few sad words that may well touch many [96 words] [Mind]
Will It Ever Stop Raining? (Short Stories) Nothing to do with the UK floods [119 words] [Mind]
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Easter Monday
Neil Southern
This is a true story of my Easter Monday.
Today my son and his children were nearly killed.
His car set alight. He was changing a fuse on the drive of his house.
One of the kids Said there was smoke and they thankfully ran into the house.
Natasha phoned me in a panic.
‘There car is on fire real bad!’
I immediately thought they were in it.
In a split second I thought of my blessed grandchildren in an inferno.
I cannot put that feeling into words.
I cannot.
People say trauma happens in slow motion and it does.
My mind raced and frantically loaded images of their short years into my consciousness.
Flashes of times gone.
Like a montage of their lives in a blink of an eye.
Tasha was hysterical for a few seconds and then thoughtfully said
‘We are all right Grandad, we got to the house!’
When I got there the car was devastated.
Virtually nothing left.
The fire officer, who was about my age, said ‘Look, it is a piece of tin’ with a knowing look, a dry smile.
‘At least your lad and the kids are unharmed.
Yesterday we got to two kids and the Mum but couldn’t reach their baby sister’
His eyes glassed over.
He paused.
He smiled.
We connected for that moment and I knew what he was saying to me.
I did.
I hugged my grandkids after the firemen left but the visions of that moment still haunt me.
I am so lucky.
I wanted to share this with you.
This was my Easter Monday.
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