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By George..That's life!

I visited a friend, in his late 60s, who had been afflicted by stroke. In the brief visit that I did, I gathered  certain information regarding his life and times as a man.
There he was sitting with his drooping left side of his face and weakened left upper and lower limbs, it is hard to imagine that he used to used to be an avid sportsman in his heydays playing various games at school and state levels (hockey, cricket, basketball etc.) right up to the age of 30 but he managed to keep himself trim.
After passing out from medical  school in 1976, he started working. Then came marriage and children and the joy and pride till that faithful day on 11th December 1993 when he lost his whole family (wife, children and all) in the Highland Towers tragedy. 
Remaining Highland Towers in 2008
Picking up the pieces one by one, he started life anew, he continued working after support from family and friends. He remarried and has a daughter of 10 years old. Hectic events that happened recently just pushed him over the brim.
Now he seems optimistic and positive on his road to complete recovery. We pray and hope that God will be by his side in this trying times.
His words of wisdom, "We always take our body for granted until one part of the body fails, for us to appreciate it!"
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  1. Anonymous20 September 2010 at 11:25

    Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
    -- Hubert Humphrey

    Rifle Range Flats - Ah, it conjures long lost memories of school holidays spent abusing pedestrians with water bombs. **guilt**

    Wonderful Blog.

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  2. rifle range boy20 September 2010 at 13:45

    Thanks, Usha for your kind compliments!

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