Polar Vortex

by Matthew Mather

“Hej hopp i blåbärsskogen,”

"Hello hope in the blueberry forest,"

“Det blæser en halv pelican,”

"It's blowing half a pelican,"

“Her mother is sick with cancer, and her family was…I just didn’t want to stay. Didn’t want to deal with it. I was being selfish. I pulled my family apart. Put my daughter in danger and left my pregnant wife. I should have stayed.” “It doesn’t matter.” “What the hell is wrong with me?”

You are human with all the flaws and strengths. We are given the privilege of choice, free will.

“Do you know”—he repeated more slowly—“what the five types of brothers are?” “You mean, like brother-in-law?” “Real brother. Wife’s brother. Sister’s husband. Wife’s sister’s husband.” I counted in my head. “That’s four.” “So what’s the fifth?” he asked. “No idea.” “Brother from another mother. That’s what we are now, Mitch.

6. Brothers in arms 7. Brothers in Christ Technically, his fifth "brother" could be brothers in adversity (or the opposite comfort or peace).

“Wisdom,” Jang said. “Wisdom could stop humans from destroying.” Bjorn laughed heartily. “Wisdom? No way. What we need is an apocalyptic war or pandemic.”

This book was copyrighted in 2018 who knew how prophetic the author was. At the end of 2019 and continuing to the present (August 2021) the world has been enduring one of the worst pandemics in history.