"Sorrow"

October 2021

~Tim Story, In the Winter's Pale
(ignore the winter title--the mood fits this piece beautifully)

Gravestones dotted the field behind the chapel, extending toward the line of trees that blurred into the foggy air in the distance. One grave in particular was already being visited by a tall, bulky man with a gray umbrella.

Upon hearing the crunching of her feet in the grass, Hudson turned his head to find The Wildfire approaching him. "Oh!" He started, drawing his other hand to the umbrella's shaft. "I'm not so sure you should be out in this rain; I'd hate for you to catch a cold..." His words trailed off as she silently stepped under his umbrella. She did not speak or look in his direction; only kept her gaze on the gravestone before them.

He pressed his thin lips together and quietly adjusted the umbrella to better cover her, allowing the rain to hit one of his shoulders instead. The pattering of the rain on the umbrella above them blended with the rattling on chapel's tin roof behind them and filled the silent void between them.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you."
John 16:22

I got to this scene in "Forgotten" (it will be repeated in "Westfall" too) and I was struck with this image and this song (please listen!). Hudson and The Wildfire share a moment in the rain as they try to process the sorrow heavy on their hearts. Sometimes all you have to do is be there, even if no words are spoken.

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