3a : to move, pass, or spread quickly <rumors were flying>
Please note that the above examples of the third definition use various
tenses of the verb. For Trifecta, remember, you must not change the tense. We
need fly, not flying or flew.
I sit at my kitchen table, feeling the wave of grief rise
within me. My four day old daughter is
nursing while my pastor asks, “Which songs would you like us to play during his
home going service?”
The events of my husband’s death fly right before my
eyes. I clearly see his left shoulder
hanging off the futon in our daughter’s room and his outstretched hand reaching
for something. Eyes that exude fear and
beg for someone to save him haunt me still.
There are so many questions that have remained unanswered. How will we survive? Was it necessary to have our two sons, so
young and full of life, find their father in our home after he had a heart
attack? Must I be labeled a widow at the
age of 33?
I feel as if I am dreaming, until the searing pain of
reality lands me back into the conversation with my pastor. “Whatever you want to play will be fine,
pastor Jenkins” I say. How does he
expect me to think about music right now?
I see his mouth moving, yet I hear nothing but my disquieting screams in
my head.
They say time heals all wounds. I say the wounds remain, and we just absorb
them.
