Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Time: 3:54 PM
i don't really see why that freaks people out, since it's the most natural cycle in the world. The body in the coffin still looked like my grandfather. When i touched his cheeks, though, with its crosshatched wrinkles, the skin no longer felt like human skin. It was cold and slightly firm, like pudding that's been left too long in the refrigerator and has developed a virtual hide as a surface crust. ... " He's not grandpa" i told her. " I checked." remarkably, this did not make her feel better at all. "That doesn't mean I miss him any less" my mother said Pure logic suggests that if the entity in the coffin is not fundamentally the person you used to know, you cannot miss him. Because that's not a loss; that's a change. " ~ House Rules, Jodi Picoult HOW TRUE THIS EXCERPT IS, AND HOW COINCIDENTAL THAT I READ THIS BOOK AT THE TIME THAT I DID. THIS EXCERPT MADE MUMMY CRY ALL OVER AGAIN. AS FOR ME, WELL THE PERSON IN THE COFFIN IS WELL, NOT FUNDAMENTALLY THE PERSON I USED TO KNOW. MY GRANDPA WAS MOSTLY CLAD IN SHORTS AND A POLO TEE OF SORTS. EATING FISH PORRIDGE, BUYING MANGOES AND ALL THAT JAZZ. NOT THIS FIGURE IN A STIFF SUIT WITH A PEARL IN HIS MOUTH. (WELL, NOT THE ESSENCE OF HIM AT THE VERY LEAST) UNTIL NOW, I'VE STILL BEEN HOPING THAT HE'D DO THOSE THINGS LIKE "WALK BACK THROUGH THE WHITE LIGHT" OR WHATEVER THE IN-BETWEEN STAGE IS CALLED. TO SUDDENLY JUST COME BACK TO LIFE. SURE IT WOULD SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF US, BUT WE'D BE GRATEFUL AND OVERJOYED NO? TOMORROW, ALL WILL BE FINALISED. BREATHE. AND TRY NOT TO CRY. TOO HARD . MEANWHILE, YESTERDAY, I BROKE MY RECORD FOR SLEEPING LATE BY CRASHING AT 2.30 IN THE MORNING AND NOW, ITS PAST MIDNIGHT AND I'M STILL GOING! (THOUGH THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA CATCH UP ON ME SOON) =) GOOD MORNING! |