... Gilead 2

... This week in my reading I came accross a particaular passage that really struck me. Just to preface it, the main character in this section is reflecting on how much he envies his friends, thier health, and their many blessings. Robinson writes, " I've always envied men who could watch their wives grow old... As for me, it is still true that I will never see a child of mine grow up and I will never see a wife of mine grow old." Now, I know this may sound odd at first, especially because someone of my age can't exactly understand the desire to watch a spouse grow old. But, if I were dying like reverend Ames, I couldn't help but think about all I would miss in the lives of my loved ones. I would miss so many of the circumstances that will shape the personalities of my family and friends, that, in actuality, I would barely know them at all. I would never see my brother and sister graduate, go to college, start famalies. I wouldn't even be able to do those things, and this book has made it hard not to think about all I would miss. But thankfully, I am not sick with a terminal desiese and, Lord willing, I will be able to see my family grow and change, and experience life for myself. Before this book, I never realized how much I took advantage of everyday living, the small details in life. Anyway... I just thought I'd write on this since it has been such an evident theme in my book this week!!