The Pain of Masculinity

. The death of George Wellington, shook the whole town to its core; George, a great man who died in service of mankind, a true hero; as the townsfolk move

ars made their way down her face like a stream; that the love of her life was no more, who would she share the burden with at this pivotal stage of her pr

the hand and told him to take a long look at his mum, Mary looking visibly shattered; John told Sam it's time he assumed the role of a man in the family now and must not show any form of weakness that a true man does not cry. Sam still in shock at the news of the demise of his father; the hero he has always looked up to was no more. That life has took an unnecessarily cruel

the Memorial ground was empty remaining only the Wellington. After they paid their last respect to the deceased, they all went home. At home, the family rarely spoke a word as Sam proceeded to the solitude of his room, he kept staring at the time clock that his father gave him again as he looked up in the gloomy sky while looking through his window as the rain drizzled back

y leaves the house as she sunk into depression. She barely ate nor interacted at all with Sam at home and she is constantly been reminded of her husband. There are nights Mary cries till day break with Sam in his room unable to sleep but also keeping himself away from his Mom not to further aggravate her pains, as are the conditions expected of a man. The

g. Although the joy was short-lived as a year later, Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer, she kept the news of this from Sam as she battled with