When Death Comes

A Vulnerable Rant

Dear Readers,

It has been a while since I showed up here, and I think you deserve to know why. I have been traversing through all the levels of Dante’s Inferno for the past few months, in fact for a whole year now. I share an intently close connection with my parents, and it may suffice to say that they mean the world to me. I love them beyond words, as I guess many of you lovely readers must feel for your parents too. Things have not been well with them since the pandemic started, they have been constantly sick both physically and mentally. They felt separated from the reality of their children, whom they raised for years while sacrificing a lot of their dreams. My sister and I try our best to hold space for their healing and rejuvenation, but somehow things have only been turning for the worse.

My mother met an accident that broke her wrist back in April and has been going through immense pain. On further examination, the doctor confirmed that she has a broken and displaced wrist bo…