Reflecting on Deborah

Lately, Deborah's computer that I am using is very unreliable. I think that the fan is going in it.  My husband told me that it tends to overheat, and I can replace it by a similar computer from Wal Mart. Well, I am not going to. Firstly, I have other priorities such as new glasses, and the need to hold on to things that are hers. Even her clothes as you know are still in her closet. I was just reflecting how much fun she would have in the snow, as all three of her sisters attempted to take off to go to work, and they all rallied together to try to help each other. I miss her laughter, her zeal, even her brashness. Facing another Christmas without her is un -fanthamnable.
Yesterday, as I put in my exercise with my new hip, and walked around Simon Fraser University inner courts, to prevent any falls outside, I saw hundreds of students Deborah's age. I did not know, but this Saturday was still part of exam week, and the classes and hallways were full of frazzled Y generation members. I did three laps around the inner structure that resembles Noah's ark with beautiful wooden beams on the ceiling. I wondered what Deborah would be doing? Could she have been now on her way to becoming a police officer? Would her psychosis have healed entirely, had she just responded to her medication? There are too many unknowns. All we are left with is memories and pain, also a great emptiness. While the world is at war, and drugs are more accessible, and even promoted by our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, I can't help but wonder about this upcoming generation. Will they even have the wisdom to establish a family of their own, and be socially productive and happy people? Will their texting, and electronics take precedence over relationships?
We read in the bible that knowledge and technologies shall increase in the last days. It wasn't until just recently, that I heard that they are contemplating attaching an entire human head to a healthy body. They have been doing this with animals already. How totally absurd to think of a procedure like this. When we were driving horses and buggies a hundred years ago, you just have to look at as to how technology has increased. While Isis is gaining more territory, and migrants are challenged worldwide, along with their host countries, I wonder what changes even a few weeks will bring. Jesus said that the poor we will always have with us, and perhaps the disabled as well, and those more fragile with mental illness will also pose a challenge and an opportunity for our communities, especially as the season of giving is about to come around once again. Love one another, and hold your loved ones close, as tomorrow may bring about a huge change.