Saturday, February 21, 2009

Where do I go from here?

How does a guy thank someone he's never met for saving his mother's life... I have thought about this for the past two days and can not come up with a clear answer. Perhaps it will become clear in time but I am so utterly lost for words on this... And so for now, until something conjures up in my mind, I will stew in my own thoughs. It's not that I don't have anything to say about it, I am extremely grateful. Just don't know how to say it with as much power as it deserves.

Since that night, many images have conjured up in my mind about the donor family. Most of these images presented to me in the form of a group of close family, parents grieving, brothers and sisters asking why. It brings a tear to my eye when I think about how they had to hurt so that our family can rejoice. And when I put myself in that very same position I can only comfort myself knowing that I could do the same. Donation is so important and I have to believe that in some way it will help a grieving family to get some good out of something so bad... We all die, and some day I may be on the other end of that spectrum. Until then, I have become a blood donor as well as signed up with the onematch.ca network to be a bone marrow donor. These are things that I can do now to help give back at least some of what we received.

The gift of life, a gift like no other...

To end this simple blog I have much to say, but can only blog it out portion by portion because my thoughts have been overwhelmed. Even something as complex as "where do we go from here" has become topic in my mind. I mean, my entire daily routine was centered around her care and now as she recovers I will need to return to some sort of normal daily routine, whatever that may be. I will seek out some new employment since as a result of this my old employment has somewhat fallen away from me. New challenges, new experiences... I go now to begin shaping my future, my families future...

Thanks for reading, I know there have been many that have dropped by and also thank you for helping to support me financially through the visits to this page.
Cheers!

1 comment:

AKrefugee said...

Very well said, Don. Your words may well lead me to sign up as an organ donor, though my diabetes and heart problems may rule that out. I can still give blood, though.

Ken