{"id":477,"date":"2020-06-03T18:41:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2020-06-03T18:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:41:40","slug":"passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/passover\/477\/","title":{"rendered":"Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/passover.jpg?fit=750%2C500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/passover.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/passover.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/passover.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/passover.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/passover.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laying in my hospital bed surrounded by machines beeping and whirling. Family sitting anxiously nearby. Doctors and nurses silently hovering. I can&#8217;t believe the doctors are telling my family that now it\u2019s in God\u2019s hands; they can do no more. How silly is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can hear everything, just can&#8217;t open my eyes. They are just too heavy. Going to be fine, just need to rest a little while longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Death does not frighten me, I just don&#8217;t feel it&#8217;s my time. This condition I have is no fun to live with. There have been many scares over the years but I have always pulled through. How can I leave my children and grandchildren? They need me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drifting off to sleep, waking suddenly to see my dear husband. How can it be? He died years ago. He looks just as he did when I first met him, so handsome. Smiling at me, he reaches out his hand to me. In shock I pull back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to the beeping and whirling. Must have been a dream; drifting off again. There he is this time with his arms open wide, pulling me towards him. It would be so nice to feel safe and loved again. Smiling, as I drift to him, I hear the machines go wild&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laying in my hospital bed surrounded by machines beeping and whirling. Family sitting anxiously nearby. Doctors and nurses silently hovering. I can&#8217;t believe the doctors are telling my family that now it\u2019s in God\u2019s hands; they can do no more. How silly is that? I can hear everything, just can&#8217;t open my eyes. 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