Gone but not really!

February 9, 2010

This post is written for and with the permission of my friend Nina.

Two of my friends died at the end of last month. I had known Sandra nearly 7 years and Rebecca almost 6 years. The two of them had gone to Sanya just for a holiday and never came back. They were standing on the edge of a cliff face overlooking the ocean and posing for a picture with Sandra’s dog Daisy, when Daisy leapt out of Sandra’s arms. This startled the girls and they lost balance and plunged into the ocean. Both girls were strong swimmers with Rebecca living, studying and working in Australia for over a decade and like me, she had a certain affinity for water. Water calms us and soothes us. When faced with suffering we always found solace by the riverside or seaside. Rebecca visited the beach a lot. And Sandra was a good swimmer too. I taught her to swim myself. I found out that when my friends slipped, the fall knocked out Rebecca and she drowned. Sandra had fallen into the water too but she had hit her head and neck on some rocks in the water which caused paralysis and someone found her and alerted the coastguard. When she had arrived at the hospital, she was already comatose. Read the rest of this entry »


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