HeatherB 🕊️

Some people experience such awful trauma. After I’d had my procedure today and was dressed and having my cup of tea, a very handsome and elderly Sikh man was shown to a seat opposite me. We exchanged some chit chat and then he told me about his arranged marriage to his wife and them both moving to the UK in 1965. He bought his first house in Leamington Spa for £2.5k. They literally started with nothing but he was always pretty ‘savvy’ and a hard grafter. He started a small business. Nothing fancy. Nothing like ‘business’ today. He was a humble and spiritual man. And incredibly dignified. We exchanged chat and questions respectfully. He then told me that one of his daughters had been murdered by her jealous husband 6 years ago. She was 32. Her sadistic estranged husband let himself into her house (he still had a key) and whilst she lay there asleep, he repeatedly struck her head with a metal rod. He was eventually arrested and is serving a life sentence. In that moment, I felt so much empathy for this man. And such anger for women who experience domestic abuse in any form. His lift arrived and we shared a hug. I was overwhelmed by his whole story. We should engage much more with people. Everyone has a sad story. Everyone’s story matters.