Bye, Bye Cascadia
Life goes on until it doesn’t. Seems cliche, it is. A few weeks ago I was thinking about the families in Palestine and Israel whose lives were “normal” one day, the next moment thrown into the chaos of war. I thought about those who suddenly find their homes swept away in a natural disaster. Life can change swiftly, we often go about life with a blasé view that everything is normal. Each week I have a mild panic attack buying groceries, the cost is creeping up cent by blasted cent. Still I swallow it down and hand over my debit card to pay for food. On Tuesday I was sitting in the van waiting during Phillip’s drum lesson. I had a sudden thought: “what would happen if Justin died or lost his job suddenly?” I mulled over what my reactions would look like and how our family would change. Justin texted me during school on Thursday, asked me to call as quickly as possible. He was not in a good way, very emotional as he explained that Cascadia is letting him go, last date of work 01 June
