Life's a Strange Ride
This morning I went to ETSU's 10:00 graduation ceremony. (I also have to go to the 2:00 ceremony . . . yuck.) Anyway, I came out of the celebration, walked back to the English building with my colleagues, walked to Wendy's for lunch and came back.
As I walked along the sidewalk near my building, I noticed an ambulance pull up to a group standing on the sidewalk. They were surrounding a figure lying at the foot of a small set of concrete stairs (maybe three stairs). Kneeling by the downed figure was a woman still in her graduation robe. The EMTs quickly loaded the figure onto a gurney and carried him away. He seemed to have some significant headgear on; I'm guessing that the injury is there and not in the heart.
So, I imagined, there they were in the midst of a celebration (a wife and mom's graduation), reliving the moment, planning where to eat lunch, deciding who would go in whose car. And then one misstep brings the joy to a stop, and emotions swing wildly from one side to another.
What a strange ride life is!
As I walked along the sidewalk near my building, I noticed an ambulance pull up to a group standing on the sidewalk. They were surrounding a figure lying at the foot of a small set of concrete stairs (maybe three stairs). Kneeling by the downed figure was a woman still in her graduation robe. The EMTs quickly loaded the figure onto a gurney and carried him away. He seemed to have some significant headgear on; I'm guessing that the injury is there and not in the heart.
So, I imagined, there they were in the midst of a celebration (a wife and mom's graduation), reliving the moment, planning where to eat lunch, deciding who would go in whose car. And then one misstep brings the joy to a stop, and emotions swing wildly from one side to another.
What a strange ride life is!
posted by mac | 9:50 AM
3 Comments:
isn't it! this moment is all we have for sure and it is fleeting at best. perhaps we should pray that their joyful celebration will continue.....
I agree John. Things can turn our world around so fast. As the apostle Paul says...pray without ceasing.
I hope and pray that this graduate and family can still celebrate this great accomplishment in the days ahead.
Indeed! Strange and awesome.
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