Aunt Sallie was not doing well and the light was beginning to dim. Teruah - nine shattered blasts. This is the climax. Just when things don't seem like they can get any worse, they do. First it was my emergency surgery then Aunt Sallie died.
Life seems so broken and off kilter.
Then once again Tekiah - the quick blast that brings us back into focus. Things weren't going as we planned, but we can still face our realities and survive. There is hope and there is a way to heal the damage done. The sounds are repeated now. Shevarim becomes three sounds that call on us to repair our broken-ness.