It seems I get to keep my mother. For now, but that's how it is for all of us, for now. That is the only promise the universe can keep. Things must change, change is loss, but sometimes, loss pivets on a high heel, and winks.
I watched 5 nurses blow needles in my mother's arm - I watched her cry until her tears and mouth were in slow motion. I held her papery hand in my own, smoothing back her hair and watching as the steel and cream walls of the hospital began to twist. The last nurse to finally succeed was hovering above her when I noticed Casablanca was on. I looked at her and said, "I've never seen this movie before". And in her weakened words she said, "I have, seven times."
And seven my friends, is the number of divinity and hope.
side note: Ingrid Bergman is Isabella Rossellini's mother, she passed away when Isabella was 29 years old.
I watched 5 nurses blow needles in my mother's arm - I watched her cry until her tears and mouth were in slow motion. I held her papery hand in my own, smoothing back her hair and watching as the steel and cream walls of the hospital began to twist. The last nurse to finally succeed was hovering above her when I noticed Casablanca was on. I looked at her and said, "I've never seen this movie before". And in her weakened words she said, "I have, seven times."
And seven my friends, is the number of divinity and hope.
side note: Ingrid Bergman is Isabella Rossellini's mother, she passed away when Isabella was 29 years old.
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