Meaningless??!!!

The alarm atop the ambulance was in full swing. The sight of ambulance made everyone in the street feel uneasy. The lady’s face inside the ambulance was as reaction less as possible. She was taking her unconscious husband to the hospital. She was just hoping that some miracle would happen at the hospital, which would make her husband sit upright.
As they reached the hospital, the attenders rushed to the ambulance with stretchers and oxygen to get the patient into the ICU as promptly as possible. They knew that it was not only blood that was oozing out of the patient but also the time. The patient was admitted into the hospital after the normal formalities. He was taken to the ICU. He had met with a tragic accident in the morning and was rushed into the hospital. His wife was standing outside the ICU dumbstruck. She did not know what the outcome would look like and was just standing there prepared to accept anything.
The doctor who attended her husband came out of the ICU with a grave face asking if someone else had accompanied her. When he realized that she was alone, he said that the situation was very critical and anything could be anticipated. The lady was still figuring out on how to react. Was she feeling terrible or was she feeling the pain? Well, she was not able to figure it out herself! She sat down calmly in one of the corners of the waiting room and kept reading some magazines just to kill time. People even found her writing. She encountered quite a few faces frowning at her. Most of them found it strange to see a lady smiling and scribbling something, when her husband was battling for life. Well, that was she!
She made every sincere attempt to rescue her husband from this danger. She would run from pillars to poles for all those medicines. She took extra care to keep a check on the funds and ensured that they were just flowing. Days just passed by but there seemed to be no improvement of the situation. The lady just remained the same way as she was, when her husband was admitted. Neither did she feel the pain nor did she pray for his recovery. But she knew that she was making every sincere attempt to rescue him. She just pooled in money from all corners and ensured that he got the best treatment.
Alas! One fine morning, she had to meet the truth. He was no more. All those days of happiness were gone into thin air. The doctors felt a bit uneasy to explain things to her fearing that she might breakdown. But to their surprise, she did not show any signs of breaking down nor agony. She was just there getting ready to arrange for the funeral. She spent lavishly on the funeral. She spent and spent still she was bankrupt. It was very weird to see a lady not to cry even on her husband’s funeral. Everyone tried hard to make her cry but in vein. When someone warned her on the expenditure, she replied, “For what else do you want me to spend?”. She ensured that her husband had the best last journey.
Now it is one year since her husband passed away. Someone asked her to invite all the associates for the first death anniversary ceremony. She promptly replied, “Don’t feel like wasting money on this. Let’s have only our family for the occasion. Why waste money on this?” Well, is this the same lady who did not care about the hospital or funeral expenditure a year ago? Is this the same lady who thought her husband should get the best, even though she was not sure if the funeral rituals really carried any meaning? Now inviting a few more people for the anniversary seemed waste of money for her. The rituals seemed to be so meaningless for her. Did time change her? Well, no one knows including her own soul!!!