Not so long ago, you walked up the Altar to profess your love to your wife in front of everyone repeating the words, "Till Death do us apart"....
Months later as luck may have it,you welcomed a lovely daughter in your home, the flesh of your flesh, the bone of your bone, your legacy; and you all lived in peace ever after....
Just yesterday, you were all having fun as one big family, eating whatever you had in love and looking out for one another and within a twinkle of an eye, the question changed from, "what should we eat for dinner to who will get saved" as both of them were diagnosed of a rare illness that outweighs my earnings and I could only save one person and leave the other to fate.
How am I going to tell the other that I'm not saving her despite my love for her or were they merely words of mouth and not true love?
A choice that will haunt me for the rest of my days on earth.
My loving wife, who I built my whole family around and has been with me for more than 10years standing by my side at all times.. who I run to for comfort when I'm facing difficulties?
My loving daughter who is my soulmate, my legacy and my playing mate who has got a whole lot of bright future ahead of her. To make matters worst, whom I am responsible for bringing her into this world of course.
Many factors will affect my decision of who to save...
- My Wife's wishes:
I'm married to my wife and marriage makes us one soul. In a situation like this, one of the greatest influencers of my decision will be to ask my wife, what exactly she feels we should do?
Should I save her or should I save our daughter.
This splits the burden of making the decision all by yourself a bit as you run it through her.
- My child's age:
No doubt the decision will get harder with the age of my child higher too.
The child getting old enough means I've created much more memories with her that I will always remember and also that she could "survive" in the absence of the mother unlike if the child was still around a year or in her neonatal age.
- Future opportunities:
Opportunities never end they say but however if my wife was already in her late sixties, that Invariably means she has grasped as many opportunities as possible and it's safe to say she's got fewer to grab unlike my daughter who has plenty of them ahead since she's just starting her life and is still very young.
There are no right or wrong answers in this scenario, only a mirage of imperfections.
You may consider a lot of things but at the end, you're left with just your instincts as difficult as it may be..... the thoughts of this alone tears my heart.
I hope the heart that faces this situation and made whatever decision finds solace in knowing that whatever he did was the right thing to do at that situation because this is not a situation I wish for anyone, not even my enemies.
Thanks for reading and have a nice day👍