Sorry it has taken me so long to update but I wanted to make sure I get this chapter just right. Remember I don't own any of the Bonanza Characters.
Adam's POV
After that first night I spent with Samantha it seemed like she was getting better, but she had a relapse. The doctor had done all he can and he said the only thing we could do is make her comfortable. O my poor little girl, I wish I could make you all better.
I have to mourn the death of two mothers, Inger and Marie, and I have even mourn the loss of my own mother, Elizabeth, whom I never known. But to mourn the loss of a child, I just don't know if I could handle it.
Death is terrifying like the monsters in a child story a dark shadow in the night that hovers in the night waiting to take away those we care about. It's the source of all our fears whenever we don't feel safe, whenever we feel ill, or whenever we feel lost we feel like death is watching.
Sometimes we slip through his icy fingers, we fight him every step, but no matter how many times we escape we know he's always there. Isn't it amazing how fragile life is? How easy is it to die? A normal fall gone very wrong, a pleasant horse ride until the horse throws you, a day spent in town until someone robs you and beats you to death. A small cold becomes a virus or in my case a sore throat given to my daughter it becomes scarlet fever, when this happens we cannot help but wonder why.
Death is inevitable, can't be stopped, can't be predicted, can't be reversed, but can be fought, can be mourned and can be accepted.
It took two weeks but no matter how close Samantha got to death, he didn't take her. For that I am thankful for if I had lost her I just don't know what I would have done.
"Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death."- Unknown