One Life Stand

My dad called my cell early this morning.  At first I thought it might have been hubby calling to give me a traffic report but when I saw the caller ID, my heart sank a little.  I knew it had to be bad news.  Late night/early morning calls always mean bad news.  I answered the phone praying nothing had happened to either of my brothers.

My dad made a little small talk, delaying the inevitable, but I was afraid to ask him to get on with it.  As expected, there was a death in our family.  Thankfully, it wasn’t either of my brothers but a young life lost nonetheless.  I had just seen this particular family member when I went home for Christmas and my dad just saw him last night, literally hours before his death.  Now a family is left to mourn.  He had a two year old child and a baby on the way.  Now they will grow up without their father because of a senseless act.