BJA

"Holy Mary mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and the hour of our death, Amen! 🙏🏿" Last night after evening Mass was almost the hour of my death. I tripped over a concrete kerb at Accra Mall and almost hit my head on the concrete kerb. My left hand took the hit and my head hit the ground instead. With one functional hand, I drove immediately to the nearest hospital and have been here all night pondering how easily it would have ended because o was distracted and trying to lock my car remotely. Another lady in the hospital who came shortly after I arrived wasnt so lucky. She collapsed at home and they were administering CPR inside the ambulance in the car park as they got to the hospital. She died shortly after in the room next to me. As I was going to do my CT Scan, I saw here there all alone. Her family distraught in grief had left the hospital. The medical team had done their best and moved on. Everyone left her. That is how lonely death can be. While I thank God for my luck last night, seeing that dead lady alone in the room was sobering. Her son had come for a last look before he left. That was it. Life was over. That is going to be the fate of all of us one day. I say that Hail Mary prayer all the time and never considered how easily everything can change in an hour. I pray for solace for that family. That could have been my family too. One day it will be my time.