“We had a baby! A little baby boy who finally arrived in our lives after nine long months of waiting. I was still exhilarated with the way his little hand had wrapped around my finger. But the joy was short-lived. As we waited to get back home after the delivery, we were jolted with unknown complications my wife had developed. A blood disorder that threatened to take her life away.
I had the baby in one hand and my other hand outstretched holding my wife’s. I was dumbfounded and wrecked as she was wheeled away for scans and tests. My happiness and my new family life turned upside-down in the span of a few short hours. I was forced to be functional even as this unexpected shock hit us. My wife is my rock, but I had to stand strong without her. I had to stand strong FOR her. It all felt completely out of place.
When you fear for your loved ones, you usually fear the worst. I wasn’t an exception. I was beginning to think if only I could turn back all those years and live every moment with her…
We have all lived with this moronic assumption that gadgets and social media bring people closer, but I have seen it wreck face to face interactions even in the most important relationship of my life. Thanks to my work and my gadgets, I had spared no time for my wife. It took a jolt to realize her importance in my life- A jolt that I don’t even wish upon my worst enemy.”