> When we did a recovery I always found a job that would take me as far > as possible from the newly-bereaved family when they began that > process everyone calls "closure" and which was all too often the only > thing we could give them to go along with the rigid cold thing we > found that was so recently their kid. But it was never far enough, > because there is no way to be out of earshot; even now I am > occasionally awakened by that sound that shatters a peaceful night's > sleep. > > > But everyone who loves to live life on the edge should hear, if only > once, the noise a mother makes when we start to rinse the gear. > > Jim the washed-up Divemaster I have heard that sound from a distance of three feet for a week straight. Its a sound that almost isnt human. I was asked to pick out the coffin on Christmas eve because the family couldn't. It runs through my mind occasionally. I wish it wouldnt. Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 27 2006 - 06:45:53 PDT
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