Echoes of Yesterday: A Poignant Reunion with an Old Friend*

 

We sat in the silver hush of late morning,

old friend’s hands circling ours with steady warmth.

His words were gentle—knitting silence to sorrow,

eyes meeting Anne’s with the hush of knowing.

We spoke of small kindnesses, old laughter, winter’s return.

He held hope lightly, but cradled her softly in memory and grace.

All three, aware of time’s thinning thread, still grateful

for the way love lingers, quietly filling the closing space.

 

Yesterday we were graciously received by Hugh Fraser, an old friend and former colleague, now residing in a nearby residential home.

Hugh is a legendary figure among those who worked at St. Lawrence  College in Quebec City from the 1960s until the early 2000s.

He has reached out with kindness to soothe our anguish as Anne’s cancer spirits her from us like a silent winter frost, creeping in at the edges of a cherished garden, stealthily but with cold and implacable persistence—leaving behind memories shimmering like ice where once there was life.

 

Your friend,

Robert

https://robertmcbrydeauthor.com/

 

 

 

 

 

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