I got the shock of my life today when I received a sms from Aunty Yvonne. At first when I read the first sentence: Dear all, Eld Harry suffered a heart attack and passed away in M'ysia this morning- I felt indifferent, for I was thinking maybe I didn't know this person. Until I carried on reading: Do keep Aunty Pauline, Wayne, Bryan and family in prayer- It was then I felt the whole world came to a stop. I was so stunned I almost dropped the phone.
Even though I don't really know Uncle Harry and only met him a couple of times in church, but I could tell he's a really good man and father. He has taught his 2 sons well to the extent they love "lightening up the atmosphere"...ha ha...well anyway, he's also a good husband, a jolly man. Always laughing and smiling. Apparently, Mummy says he's from the same youth group as her last time, so it seems he's been in this church ages before I was born. In fact, Uncle Harry's rather young, maybe early 50s? It's quite awful that he died so young. And in a different country somemore, not his own hometown Singapore.
Wonder how Wayne and Bryan are coping with the news. Tears almost welled up in my eyes as I received this news. More over the two of them, accepting this shock that their father just left them with no signal or notice or anything at all. Seriously I don't know how to confort them, because both of them are much older than me, one in their early and late 20s.
But all in all, I guess I have learnt a very valuable lesson today. That is to cherish and treasure what ever you have now. For you'll never know when they'll just "go" right before your very eyes.
