Freewrite prompt: See You On the Other Side

It's been 5 years. Brandon was still very mad, angry and mostly devastated. His mom got a mysterious sickness 5-6 years ago and her body suddenly deteriorated fast. He was just graduating from college that time.

They were not a well-to-do family. His father tried his best to get the ends meet and also to find extra, money for the medical bill. When the mom went into an unconscious state, they had to put her on machines support and it didn't help when she was frequently in and out of ICU too. Finally, she ended up in a vegetated state.

Brandon's dad still took care of her everyday, wiping her body and talking to her, despite his busy schedule. Brandon was too sad to keep seeing her, so he sort of trying to escape by being busy.

After a year of hospitalization, the doctor said there really was nothing they could do and asked Brandon's dad if he wanted to pull out the life support. He was in a great dilemma. His son was not around and he was barely contactable.

Finally, he received a dream from his wife and he did it, with much reluctance, kissing her goodbye with tears streaming down his face. Brandon was not there.

Since then, Brandon started blaming his dad. He went to a certain extent to blame God for taking his mom away. He blamed the support group of pastors and church friends who went through this turmoil with them but kept asking them to have faith. He hates church, he call them hypocrites. He hates his dad, no matter how much he tried to reach out to him to show he still loves him. His dad bought him a brand new car when he said he wanted. His dad let him enroll into music school.

Brandon was seriously going nowhere with that state. He couldn't complete anything he had started. So, he blamed God even more and called himself the devil's advocate. He always texts his dad and swears at him. He makes sure he worries his dad and revenge on him by telling his dad he wants to kill himself. His dad was always speechless and said he still loves him and he didn't know what else to say.

But....

Now, he learnt that his dad is also having some kind of sickness. He thought he didn't care at first, but his heart can't lie to him.

One night, he received a dream.. In the dream he saw a white glorious figure coming to him. He said he wanted to introduce someone to him. It's his late mom! She looked happy, loving and relieved.

She said this to him, "Son, I know you love me. I also know it was your regret you didn't get to tell me before I left but I know it all along. Stop blaming your dad. He loves you the best he knows. It's not his fault he pulled off the life support. I told him to. We had no money and I am heartsick to see how hard he worked and took care of me. You must ask him about the last dream he had before that happened."

"Now, don't let another regret consume you by fighting with him. Let him know you love him if that's something you may regret about. I love you, always and I will see you on the other side."

She hugged Brandon and he cried waking up from his dream.

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I took an extra 1-2 minutes today because I'm actually writing a real life story except that I added the ending I want to see. There is this guy that my husband and I know of and are working with who went and is still going through this. The story is real but the name isn't. We appreciate prayers for him if you can. He is a broken life, so wanting to be loved and yet rejects all the love. He is like in a vicious cycle of blaming and cursing God actually but weirdly, he still find my husband when he wants to do this, knowing my husband is a pastor. We may not know everything and have every answer but we are called and all we do is simply responding to a calling. He thinks my husband has some wisdom and he is probably shocked that this pastor is not all defensive when someone else is mocking the God we are worshipping. Their conversations are very interesting and provoking. My husband is known to be able to challenge people's thoughts and he is not apologetic in his preaching. He uses Brandon's belief to challenge him. The thing is whether we love God or not, He still loves us because He knows it's a need we have. He is not that insecure that if someone curse or swear at Him, it will make him withdraw His love. Now, I bless this soul with a deep healing of his heart.

Anyway....

Freewrite is a prompt writing initiated by @mariannewest and @improv to write a free-flow post without correcting or editing. I checked out her post to really get what it is before I jumped on the bandwagon. Basically, there is no right or wrong, just let the mind and fingers do their work, to find our creative self and let it come out of us.

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