How one second can change your life
~madali
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When I received the key to this pub, I didn't know what to write
about.

But then one second changed the whole structure of my reality, and
it suddenly seemed the best place to share it, among internet
strangers around a digital drinking session.

It is Iranian New Year. I travel from Tehran to my hometown, an
annual tradition, to spend time with my family, both mine and my
wife. Iranian New Year's holiday is also important for us because
it is the birthday of my son, who coincidently was born in the 1st
of the 1st month in the Iranian calender.

Because his birthday falls on a day people are busy with New Years,
I held his ninth birthday on the second.

One the third, I was lying on bed, checking out my phone, and
suddenly, I hear a loud sound. I get up, and rush, but deep inside,
I know that sound, just changed everything in my life.

Before I know it, I see my son, on the ground, dead.

That's it. One second, one sound, and suddenly, the very fabric of
my existance changed.

It is day Four now, since it happened. I'll try to see if writing
about it helps.