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Intensity

I’ve never really been in the midst of an intense situation before but that sure changed on Friday night.

We were visiting our grandparents house and having a laugh.  I was hanging out with my cousin, who was there for the night.  Everyone was happy and it was the usual LOUD atmosphere, that’s what we know and love.

Then…the phone rang.  Opa answered it and pretty much passed it straight to Oma.  She said, “Hello” and then there was silence for a while.  When she spoke again, we all knew something was terribly wrong.  Her voice was  shaky and Opa was asking what was wrong…Oma looked up at him with teary eyes and told him that her friend had been killed.  We all sat silent, not knowing where to look or what to say.

 When she hung up the phone, she sat at the table in total disbelief.  I got up, walked over to her and gave her a big hug.  That was all I could do and I think I needed the hug just as much because the intensity of it all was kind of scary!!!