A Loss
October 27th, 2008There are times when you never thought something could happen, but still it did. Something that you never expected to come so soon, so fast that just in a blink of eyes it had happened. I woke up this morning to find nothing but usual. It was just another ordinary days, until I heard the news.A friend’s uncle passed away.
He was a Korean and married to my friend’s aunt. Long story short, he was sick. Slowly he became very thin and ate so little, but he was still like usual. He and his wife decided to go back to Korea for around a month since last month. I still remembered the day before they left, I worked overtime in their house and stayed until almost 10. I remembered seeing my friend went to talk to him. He told her, he might not be able to come back again but who knows that it was true. I also remembered seeing his wife cried.
While they were in Korea, my friend told me that her uncle has gotten better. He ate a lot, maybe because he missed the food there and was more energetic than usual. It was around two weeks ago or so. Everything went as usual, until I heard that he had passed away this morning. It was unbelievably fast, that I was so speechless. It took me a while to realize that I would never get a chance to see him again.
I remembered once when I was eating, he poured me a cup of water, when he and his son were sick and I drove a car (the first time I drove someone else’s car) to the doctor. Sometimes when I went to the toilet, I could find him laying on the sofa. But moments ago, when I went to the toilet and walked passing the sofa, it felt so empty. I knew I wouldn’t find him laying there anymore.
It’s just too sad. We didn’t spend much time together, but I knew that he is such a great man. There was a time when auntie ranted to me about how she couldn’t go anywhere because she couldn’t drive. He heard that, then told her that she must never drive by herself. Sometimes when he walked with his wife, he would hold her hand very tight.
At the end…it’s only memories that are left. Although I only had some times with him, I will definitely miss him a lot. May you rest in peace, uncle. And thank you for the memories.
