Waiting ...

Today's prompt is brought to you by  Daphne Palmer Romero of My Distant Husband
Before I move on ... I want you to take a look at this photo ...

Daphne asked when we are looking at the photo what thoughts come to our minds. And what comes to my mind? Waiting

"Dad, I wanna go with you!" The boy demanded.
"You can't. You need to go school." A fit man, about six feet tall, with fair skin and blond hair, looked through his glasses, his blue eyes filled with passion. He let out a faint smile and attempted to cheer his son, saying, "Besides, I am only going to be gone for a week this time. And I promise, we will go on a camping trip with Mom and your sister when I return."
The boy's eyes seemed to protest, but his mouth chose to surrender, "Okay, Dad. But you promise?"
The man extended his pinky and initiated a promise by having both his and his boy's pinky linked together, forming a knot. At the same time, looking the boy in the eye, he replied, "I promise."

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"I promise..." His father's words echoed in the boy's mind for the umpteenth time. Over and over, the final moments he had shared with his father flashed before his eyes. He had kept track of each day's passing, marking every apprehensive day on the calendar, and now he murmured, "A week. A week has gone by. And today is the day, so why isn't he here? It is almost sunset. Did he lie to me?" The boy considered the question for a long moment, and suddenly burst out vehemently, "Never! Dad never lies." Then another thought crossed his mind, "Is he okay?"

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A rescue boat was sent out to seek for the man, but yet, after a week, there was still no news ... The boy would come each day after school and would stand there until sunset.--Waiting. His eyes would stretch far and beyond as if searching and searching and --wondering if the search would ever end ...

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The moment of waiting is such a devastating time in life. A lot of time, we are waiting for someone and even though they are late, we know they will eventually show up. During the period of waiting, all kind of bad thoughts will circle around our mind, and most of the time, one way or another, we will find some answers to the queries we are asking.

However, waiting for someone who is missing from our lives, be they forever gone or breaking up, is definitely indescribable ... Even though we know that we can't see them any more, the heart won't understand. Just like what Adele has once sung in her song:

"Sometimes I wake up by the door,
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we're already over
I can't help myself from looking for you."

Until next stop,

Journey of Life