A Story

dear online diary,

god really has the strangest ways of dealing with people! a few days back, i went to visit one of my father's former colleagues and his family. the last time i had seen uncle R was when i was 3yrs old... so i remembered very little abt him. i had completely forgotten that he had a daughter the same age as me (we used to be classmates before my father got transferred) n a son a year older than my 8 yr old brother.

when papa was living in mumbai, he used to visit uncle R frequently in the tata memorial hospital for cancer patients. a few months after that, we heard that he had healed due to chemotherapy. but some weeks later, it was discovered that he still had cancer cells in his body, this time, in a different place.

what left us all bewildered was that this man, who was suffering so much, had been a god fearing n good man all his life. he had had healthy habits n had never smoked a cigarette. moreover, he was always ready to help when someone called upon him.

when we visited him, he seemed pretty happy to see us. for me, it was a shock to see what cancer had reduced him to! the tall n well built man, that i knew him to be was reduced to just skin n bones with a few lumps of wounds here n there.

from an energetic, positive n calm man, he had changed into this grumpy father who was always complaining about his children. what hurt us all the most was his pessimism! everytime he would be in pain, he would tell his family that he had only a few moments to live.

and for u, dear diary, i have only a request. plz pray for this man before its too late.