So what does daddy say to little Timmy right after hearing the news that Timmy's mom died in a plane crash? God wanted mommy in heaven and hoping Timmy doesn't start to think god is this selfish prick that took away mommy, 'cause isn't god all powerful so why does god even need mommy?'. Or maybe daddy is buddhist and says to Timmy that karma took the plane down, that in her past life mommy did something really bad to deserve a fate as violent as a plane crash, 'cause when a plane is plummeting to the ground, it can take a while, maybe a minute or two, and if mommy's heart didn't give out before she hit the ground, she had maybe two-three minutes to contemplate her mortality for the last time, or maybe mommy just screamed in mind numbing fear all the way down, screamed during that long long long fall from the sky. How bad was mommy in her past life to deserve that kind of death, and would Timmy still love mommy, would Timmy shed a tear, if she was a real fucking bitch in her past life? Or maybe 'shit just happens Timmy', daddy says. 'Shit just happens, and sometimes it happens to you or someone you know and it sucks, but you try to deal with it. Shit happened to me ten years ago when you were conceived accidentally one drunken condom-less night. I had to marry mommy cause mommy's dad is a powerful and religious man and well known in society, so no abortion and a quick wedding was the only answer. I didn't hate mommy, I was very fond of her, but she was not the one I was meant to marry, but shit happens, and I had to deal with it, I stayed married to your mommy and took care of you both like this is what I actually wanted. Sometimes you get what you want, but most of the time you don't. You understand that kid? That's a good boy,' as daddy ruffles Timmy's hair and then gives him a hug.
Maybe sometimes good things happen to good people too, not that the universe actually favors the good and punishes the bad, only humans do that to each other.
2 comments:
agreed
if my son asked me why my husband/his dad died tragically and suddenly in a plane crash, i'd say, 'son, everybody dies and some point, that's the one truth in life, and i don't know why it had to happen so suddenly or tragically and unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it other than miss her and love the time we did have together.' the way that he died is perceived as bad, but death in general i don't think can be categorized as neither good nor bad, just a truth.
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