I think for some think that their loved ones will always be with them, to suddenly have them taken by a stranger in the room, an unseen virus come afar, they are taken by surprise and have a hard time coping with the support they had now lost in this loved one.

But it was relief that we all felt, when our mother died on February 14 at 95. She had been suffering immensely from ailments brought on by heart congestion, high blood pressure, diabetes, deafness, and perhaps, other ailments for nearly 2 years. Her pain and inability to deal with it made her angry and no one could help her get over it.

Ironically, she died when she couldn't breathe. Exactly the cause of death for most Coronavirus victims. She was an assisted living in northern Wisconsin at the time. It could've ben a strain of the flu, as well. But it is uncanny how their death parallels our current situation.

Ron

Indeed, you have hit upon a point here that is so important, so self-evident really, but that we don't usually think of in these terms, how desperately life is on the edge, as we are experiencing it now, where as you say "such heart crushing introspection (is) needed." Another gem of a poem with its prescient insight that we need during these times.

Yes, life is so precious. One who is 60 who is a mother, wife and a grandmother will be sorely missed. One who experienced six months of life as a pre-born baby is precious as well. The mother who bore her who lost this loved one has experienced their own private hell. God bless each child of God, big or small for each one is so precious. Lord help us, may God bless them all, may God bless us all. Amen