New Age Spirituality – Morning Has Been All Night Coming ( Part 6 )

Our twentieth wedding anniversary was spent in that hospital room. Mardai was somewhat happier as she smiled and handed me an anniversary card. I opened it and there in her own handwriting were the words, “Honey, the past twenty years were my happiest. I pray God that He grant me another twenty years with you. I love you.” She must have asked someone to buy the card for her. It had become more and more difficult for her to perform the simplest of tasks, such as writing. Her pain had become more excruciating, and even her breathing was tremendously labored.

Children were not permitted to visit the oncology wing of the hospital, but I thought the next time I came that I would bring Malika and Jonathan to see their mother. As tomorrow would be Sunday, it would be a good idea to do it then, especially since it was a family tradition to spend as much time as possible together on Sundays. I told Mardai about my plan and her eyes lit up with joy at the thought of seeing the children again. It had been over a week since she last saw them. We said good-bye and I left the hospital with a heavy heart. It was only then that I understood the full meaning of the letters on the truck. The black letters on the back of the truck indicated that I would be going through extremely dark times and the white letters in front meant I would come out of the darkness into light. Little did I understand at that time how this would happen.

Sunday arrived and the children accompanied me as planned. Mardai was so extremely happy to see them. For some strange reason, the hospital authorities did not object to the children’s visit. Mardai hugged Jonathan and Malika tightly and told them how proud she was of them. These were all signs of what was coming. Yet,I still refused to accept anything but total and complete healing for my wife. While much was being done by the medical profession to help Mardai,I knew inwardly that other methods,like old-fashioned prayer,could also help. It was time to take the children home,and so,again I left.

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