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by Donna Eriksson
E x p l or e What S p ir it W a nts to Share
It was a nice morning, for Edmonton in January anyway. It
wasn’t minus thirty or blowing snow. Just dull and overcast. I had just parked outside the salon I was going to make a sales call to. My cell rang. I looked at the number. I thought it was familiar. Is this my brother’s number? I think so. I answered. “Good morning! What’s happening that I get to talk to you this morning?” Extended pause followed by strangled sobbing and choking sounds! Instantly my stomach clenched!
“ She’s gone ” in a barely
recognizable voice wracked with emotion and tears. 75
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Who’s gone? I frantically wonder in my mind. Now I’m scared. Who is this? Who’s gone? I wait for the person on the other side. Briefly quiet from sobbing I ask again “Who’s gone?”
I hear
“ Mom ” !
It takes a second or two for this to work its way into my head and then...... SLAM! I know what this means!
The intense sorrow suddenly puts my heart into a vise. I can barely breathe. I try taking a breath while the tears flow down my face that is now covered by my hands.
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