Blessed Child

Alright, I finally sucked it up and went to the doctor. For about the past month now, I have been battling in and out with sickness. Well, the reality is- I just can’t be sick. Mom’s immune system can’t handle it. So, I went- got some funky drugs and have been assigned to my couch to rest. I do have to say, it has been nice. I started a fire, lit a candle and began reading a book that I have been wanting to read for a while.

It is about an orphaned boy who was raised in an Ethiopian monastery. At age ten he was the only one to escape when a group murdered every one in the Monastery and all within 10 miles. As the boy is held captive in another land that is foreign to him, he reflects.

Darkness filled the room. A click sounded in the latch and then her footsteps clacked away... The knob wouldn’t turn. He spun around, suddenly frightened. The dim shape of the bed with its white sheets lined the darkness… a scene from the monastery flashed through his mind.
“Dadda, Dadda, it’s dark! I’m afraid!”
“Dark? Nonsense, child. It’s as bright as day in here.”
“It is?”
“It is. Open your eyes.”
“My eyes? They aren’t open?”
“Not if you can’t see the kingdom. Not if you can’t see the light. Open your eyes.”
“Ouch!”
“What?”
“I touched my eye, It is open, Dadda.”
He chuckled. “Open your other eyes, Son. The eyes of your heart. You will see that it is very light in here. It’s always light in the kingdom of God.” He was a small child and it was the first time he’d seen the light. The kingdom, as Dadda liked to call it. It occurred to him that this was no different than that.

Caleb crossed to the bed and climbed up. He sat against the wall, pulled his knees to his chin, closed his eyes, and began to hum. No, this was not different at all. The kingdom was not just bottled up in a monastery somewhere. It smothered the world. That’s what his father used to say. "It smothers the earth, Caleb.”
A thin film of light lapped at his mind and he smiled. He began to sing in Ge’ez Words. Kingdom words. Then he walked in and his world went white.

Mom update- Tuesday we found out her kidneys &/or liver are not working properly. The Doc gave her fluids to hydrate her. She is doing better. Wednesday she was given a weaker dose of a new Chemo. Yesterday she slept a lot.