At first it was just news – a ticker under some inconsequential sporting event on the TV above the bar as I sat with a friend, dipping pita bread in hummus and scraping at the final bits of a mound of shawarma sitting between us.
Then it was just another part of the never ending social media stream…Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter – another one of those mindless swipe up…swipe up…swipe up…
oh…stop…pretty picture.
ok…swipe up…swipe up.
Then, when I got home, when I sat down on my couch, and when I found myself suddenly and uncontrollably weeping, that’s when it became real.
He was gone.
Nelson Mandela was gone. (more…)