Nepal floods: Father borrows $13, walks for days to search for missing son

1 month ago

There is a story from the Nepal floods that stayed with me. A father borrowed 13 dollars and walked for days through flooded roads looking for his missing son. $13 is nothing to some people. For him, it was a serious debt. But he walked anyway — through mud, water, and destroyed villages, asking strangers if they had seen his son. This is not just a story about a father searching for his child. It is a story about what love becomes when reality takes everything away, and about the absurdity of life itself. We like to talk about love when life is comfortable. Reality eventually asks for payment. It is easy to love when someone is beside you. It is much harder to walk for days with no guarantee they are alive. That is where love stops being romantic and becomes an action. We praise hope,