Standing in the rain and lightning while gazing at a wall in a strange place. I was wondering how a life could suddenly end. We had passed by to check on our housekeeper who wasn’t answering her phone and the shock we had gotten, from a complete stranger, was that our housekeeper had passed away suddenly few days ago.
Denial set in and no matter how many times we asked we just couldn’t believe how a life had slipped right under our noses.
As I stood there in front of her empty room I got an instant lesson in humility. In the past few years, she always showed up to our house with a full smile on her face even when her life wasn’t perfect. She had a loving personality and always loved when I blasted the music around the house. She used to sing along. We always exchanged DVD’s…
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The Reluctant Poet 