Just before the light fades for good

Sunset through glass
Montreal, QC
December 2018
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It's Saturday, 4:14 p.m., and the winter sun is setting over the atrium of the hospital where my father-in-law has been for months.

The relentless grey that has painted our reality ever since we got here has given way to brilliant, yellow light, almost as if the universe has decided we've had enough darkness, at least for now.

If only the scene playing out around me reflected what's been playing out upstairs. Because his doctors continue to struggle to understand what's caused his rapid decline, why he's gone from leading a full, independent life to one decidedly, jarringly less so.

I have no answers, either, as the sun slowly sinks below the horizon and the steely, sobering grey film returns once more to the lobby.

Not everything can be easily explained, if at all. And eventually the light fades for everyone. It's up to us to take advantage of it while it still shines.

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