The electricity went out in the whole neighborhood . The individuals - supposedly members of the family - stopped doing whatever they were doing , it is dark . Under one roof , now what are they gonna do ?! The father was out , working late at the hospital , the mother was on the phone but had to hang up to check upon her kids who were all occupying different entertaining appliances , PC , tv , and more PC s!
The mother lit up couple of candles and put them in the living room , she heard her youngest child crying for her because she was scared of the darkness , so she picked her up from the coach facing the TV and went back her seat . The other two went out of their rooms and the middle daughter was murmuring , cursing . The eldest brother heard her , she was standing a few inches from his right side , he tried to reach out for a chair to take a seat until the light comes . He bumbed into his middle sister who was still murmuring and sighing , and he got his own share of curses and names , so he pushed her into a seat which was a coincidene that she fell on a chair , otherwise she would have fallen to the ground , and the state would be just worse and worse .
At that moment , that they are in one room , in the darkness , under one roof . How frozen they were , they were silent . The mother was tickling her little child just a bit to break her bordum , she didn't see her little girl's face , but her laughter sounded so sweet . Reminded her of her middle daughter , she used to have a sweet laughter , nevertheless , she almost have forgotten it , it's been a long time since she talked to her as a friend , or had her as a companion in the daily life . Busy life . She tried to recall when was the last family gathering , they didn't have a gather and a seat together for some years . They are growing up and becoming more self dependant , she felt how she missed them , but being busy just couldn't allow her to feel it .
They said as we proceed in technological progress , the weaker the family bonds get . How fragile now is a family's construction , how material they've grown to be . There are many other tight families out there , but unfortunately most of them are those of less education , family is what their life is about , no greater ambition , for women in most cases .
They are born to breed . Once they get married , less educated people usually disappear from society , they no longer play a role in it - that if they had a role in the first place - It is dark , and they are silent . The mother thinks of her eldest son , where had he gone to all these days in the past . He usually stays over a friend for a couple of nights , and other nights were he comes home he just goes to sleep . How far did he get in his college life , does he get good grades ? is there some girl ....?
Wouldn't she have found the answers if she just asked him ? That would be naive , because she wouldn't just ask him right away after a long time of no seeing , no talkings , and no gatherings . Even if she did , he wouldn't just answer her ! He would just laugh at the situation , and ask her " are you going to play mom now ? " . But hey , is this really her fault ? What about him ? Has he ever tried to talk to her ? Or is it because now this is how families are , so how can he be any different?
He was having his own seas of thoughts , and - surprisingly - his thoughts matched hers , they met at a point .
Their thoughts reached to the checkpoint where they should have reached in a vocal form , by which they exchange questions and answers , and explainations , and laughters ! Will they repeat the thoughts - out loud - until the light comes ?!
