December 8, 2007, 4:34 pm
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I made a promise in the summer to a close friend to watch out for his son if the worst happened. It did, he died, and things then got worse as the two sides of his family started a fued.
Today I tried to intervene as an independent person with no agenda apart from keeping that promise. I hoped I could make them all see sense. But I saw the power of human stubborness, the need to be right and prove a point. And that can be stronger than the need to be with those you love and care about.
All I have done is alleviate my conscience by doing something.
At least I tried. But it wasn’t enough.
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But, maybe when hot heads have had chance to cool down and feelings of love and remorse begun to surface, you’re words will begin to make sense. It must be so difficult to see things objectively when there are the high emotions of bereavement, people feeling angry and afraid, as well as exceedingly sad, depressed, lost etc. then for it to be someone obviously relatively young and with a young son, those emotions must run even higher.
Comment by Claire December 9, 2007 @ 2:06 pmI hope you are right that they may soften their opinions on reflection. Christmas is such as emotive time of year for families, I just think that if they don’t come together before then, it will be far, far harder afterwards.
Comment by Morag December 9, 2007 @ 6:15 pmYes, I know what you mean, can I put them down our prayer chain at church?
Comment by Claire December 10, 2007 @ 10:51 pm