Feeling Powerless

I was just speaking to my mother, and she is feeling really down because her uncle is in the ICU, he has been sick for a while, but they had hoped that he would recover. He is in Sudan, that is where her family is, and they are telling her that she shouldn’t fly over. I know how it feels to lose your uncle, I lost mine 8 years ago suddenly, and I wish I could shield her from the pain that would cause her if he didn't survive.

There is not much I can do other than be there for her and support her, saying all the clichés in the world which people repeat and have no meaning whatsoever when you are the one receiving them. She knows whatever is meant to be will be, but that doesn’t stop the pain.

I’m aware we are all going to die at some point. That is not what I’m saying here; it’s just that we can’t protect the ones we love from the pain that comes from the loss is really killing me. It’s the absolute powerless in the world. Who wouldn’t give anything in the world to protect their mothers from sorrows and pain? sometimes, life just sucks to the fullest. That is all I’m saying.