Two fallen
friends/Carlos Pueblo
About two
months ago, I received a regular e-mail from a tennis body attached
to another
with a question, Is this our James? No, I answered that James was
taking care
of his stroke wife. About two weeks ago, I received another e-mail
from our old
Captain also attached to another e-mail from James’ wife,
indicated
James had passed away. She is survived yet not him. I am wondering
that who is
taking of her now. James is a few years older than me and is still in
his 70’s if
alive. He never had told me any of his existing illness. I assume that
the
stressful life to take care of his wife gets into him. Because of that, he
had quit his
regular tennis and ping-pong activity. I move on of my life in tennis
without him,
yet I shall miss his free income tax software every year.
Ming-chia is
a year older than me and is my alma mater of Taiwan Normal. The
other day
after our annual luncheon of school anniversary, some alumni went to
visit him at
a nursing home with a brief report. I wondered the reason. He taught
me fishing
and very generous and kind to me. I have tried several time to call
his
un-answer phones and I understand that Mei-yu must be busy to care of him.
I thought
that I should visit him before my leave for Europe. Phones are still not
Answered and
I check with some alumni who went to visit him. Lynn told me
that he was
not aware of her when they met. I am really not aware that the diabetes
can get to
an old man this much. He is fallen.
Amy has told
me stories of her church members survive from stroke, cancer and
with a
combination of diabetes and in their 80’s still alive. There must be reasons
for me to
think of. We conclude that at our old age before it get s critical, we must
visit our
doctors often and take our medicine as much as the doctors prescribe. I
can imagine
that both of my fallen friends who have been waiting too long for
their
illness.
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