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Easter Monday Neil Southern
This is a true story of my Easter Monday. Today my son and his children were nearly killed. His car set alight. He was changing a fuse on the drive of his house. One of the kids Said there was smoke and they thankfully ran into the house. Natasha phoned me in a panic. �There car is on fire real bad!� I immediately thought they were in it. In a split second I thought of my blessed grandchildren in an inferno. I cannot put that feeling into words. I cannot. People say trauma happens in slow motion and it does. My mind raced and frantically loaded images of their short years into my consciousness. Flashes of times gone. Like a montage of their lives in a blink of an eye. Tasha was hysterical for a few seconds and then thoughtfully said �We are all right Grandad, we got to the house!� When I got there the car was devastated. Virtually nothing left. The fire officer, who was about my age, said �Look, it is a piece of tin� with a knowing look, a dry smile. �At least your lad and the kids are unharmed. Yesterday we got to two kids and the Mum but couldn�t reach their baby sister� His eyes glassed over. He paused. He smiled. We connected for that moment and I knew what he was saying to me. I did. I hugged my grandkids after the firemen left but the visions of that moment still haunt me. I am so lucky. I wanted to share this with you. This was my Easter Monday.
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