Don't Take Your Freedom For Granted

"The music and the laughter reminded him of Sam, who at this very moment was stiting in a humid oven, string at the bars and counting the days, hoping and perhaps praying now that his lawyer might work a miracle. Sam would never see New Orleans, never again eat oysters or red beans and rice, never taste a cold beer or a good coffee. He would never hear jazz or watch artists paint. He would never again fly on a plane or stay in a nice hotel. He would never fish or drive or do a thousand things free people take for granted."

These are the thoughts of Lawyer Adam Hall about his client Sam Clayhall who, at the same time, his grandfather. Taken from the book The Chamber which relates the story of Adam and Sam and their lawyer-client/grandson-grandfater relationship. Adam struggles to save his client's life and take him away from the Death Chamber. Written by John Grisham, this part almost hit the home run for me. It made think, maybe, just maybe all of us are prisoners in our own way and some are even facing our own death chambers.