Splitting of the spirit and the soul july 4, 2017

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Splitting of the spirit and the soul Which literally means to me, is the cutting into pieces the floating spirit of a departed individual? This came to me almost forty years ago, at a family picnic. First, I would have to differentiate the scope of my analogy. As to how this concept came rushing into my cerebral cortex or as a more modern-day interpretation, that of brainstorming. I was preparing a grille, which I had just fired up with lighter fluid I started to place the hamburgers as our mouths were watering with anticipation of the cooked meal. My wife, my son, and his cousin my niece was laying back and my wife Earline had placed a blanket on the grass. As we sat and enjoyed the surround view of on a warm, not hot Saturday afternoon. Everything was as if we had planned it, that way such a perfect day to spend time with the family. My wife and I were lying back watching the kids play, running around in circles trying to catch each other. It was something about to happen far in the distant we could see the traffic starting to back up from the congestion on the nearby bridge leading from City Island’s Bronx NYC. We would sometimes visit City Island most of our weekends if time were available; we considered it to be our personal utopia, away from the steaming heat of the inner-city. Sometimes I wish I could bring back those days when kids were small and innocent. I could not have envisioned what was about to happen, which stayed in my mind for almost forty years. For some reason, I was directed towards the bridge, I didn't know but it appeared that something incredible was about to happen, and I didn't know exactly what it was.


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