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December 08, 2005

I Wish

I wish I could write better.

My (new) wife doesn't understand it when I say that. She thinks I'm a wonderful writer. Perhaps what I should be saying is "I wish I was a better communicator". Of course, some would say that by virtue of my being born male I come with a natural disability to communicate. They might be right.

Gene Veritas has the ability to communicate. He's written another wonderful article on this At Risk For Huntington's Disease blog.

In his latest he touches on spirituality and the "Why?" question. As I read his article I'm reminded at how reluctant I am to mention religion when I'm writing on this blog. After all, I don't want to "offend" any one. That would be insensitive. Or at least that is my worry.

But I see Gene and his father struggling with the same questions that I and others face in our lives. "Why?" being the big question. And while I occasionally fool myself into believing that I have the answer...I eventually find myself second-guessing my "answers".

I suspect part of the elusive "answer" can be found here in what Gene wrote:

Over the past fifteen years, it has helped him care for my mother day after day and to accept her gradual but inexorable decline into the infant-like helplessness HD causes.

“You’ve shown a lot of strength,” I told him as we went out for a drive one night.

“I didn’t know how much I loved your mother until these past few years, taking care of her and seeing how much she has lost,” he said.

His father's faith gave him strength and it allowed him to learn the depth of his love for his wife. A gift wrapped in a tragedy. To me, I see that Gene's compassion was learned from (at least) his father's example. As a result, his writings in his blog allows others to know that they are not alone in their struggle.

And what a struggle. I've seen the same struggle watching a dear friend when she visited her father in a nursing home. She too, found comfort and strength through her faith. While we don't cross paths anymore, she's stil included in my prayers. Next time I'm adding Gene and his family to my prayers. While I can't prove that prayer makes a difference...I believe that it does.

For those that might find such beliefs to be quaint (or even offensive), prayer for others is done out of selfless compassion. Is that really such a bad thing??

Don't forget to visit Gene's blog.

Posted by Dave at December 8, 2005 06:36 PM

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