Would you notice?

I’ve been dead tired after work from the long, traffic-congested commute home from Brampton, so I haven’t been able to make time to say some things that have been on my heart.  (And my comments on John 17 will have to wait.)

If you’re not one of the millions who watch Grey’s Anatomy, I should say that it’s not too late.  There’s only a few episodes left in the season (?), so you just might wanna jump on the bandwagon while the season is still in high gear.

I’ll try not to spoil it for you, but the last 3 episodes have been stellar.  Amazing, shocking, scary, tear-flowingly powerful.  To see the heart-wrentching pain in Derek’s face, Addison’s worry, and even McSteamy Mark Sloan’s brotherly squeeze of Derek’s arm while he was falling to pieces of Mer… all so powerful.

Anyways, what got me thinking was the 2nd last episode (”Drowning on Dry Land) where the whole “disappearing” thing was talked about.  Notably, in the conversation between Addison and Alex… Karev’s response was very caring, and I humbly applaud him for that.  It was something… that shook me.  Here’s why:

If I went missing, would you notice?

Would you notice?  What if something krazy happened, and I literally went missing (for a while)… would you notice?  Or would you just keep on going about your life, with no regard whatsoever, not noticing anything different or anybody missing that you haven’t seen in a while… not caring to check my blog / ring my cell / text me.  Would you even stop and think about where I went, what mighta / coulda / possibly maybe have happened to me?  Would you turn and look around, even for one glance?

“Like I said, disappearances happen, pains go phantom, blood stops running, and people, people fade away. There’s more I have to say, so much more, but, I disappeared.” (Meredith Grey)

What hit home was how Addison and Mark sympathized with Derek–even despite their differences.  And in spite of all the mess that was between them, all the mistakes, all the hurts, all the backstabbing, even in light of their unforgiving / unrepentant actions towards each other–Addison and Mark both we’re there for Derek, as best they could, to console him during his time of hurt.  When Derek’s beloved disappeared, went missing, after he noticed, tried to rescue her but failed, and left his loved one in the hands of his coworkers and friends… all the ‘water under the bridge’ disipated and they put their differences aside.  When the missing was found in that life-or-death situation, they all noticed.  They all cared.

I’m not one who likes playing with hypotheticals… but what if I went missing?  What if I was found in shambles, in a life-or-death situation–how would you feel?  What would you do?

What will you do?

Would there still be water under the bridge?  Would all that still hold you back from noticing and caring, like before?

Would you notice?