For a Year

[ryuko_midori]

One year ago, at this time, I was sleeping in my mom's bedroom. I slept all day, and when I woke up and went downstairs they'd already taken my father from his bedroom as well as the hospital bed he lay in for the last four or five months. I stood in the doorway with the open french doors we'd installed to keep the noise of the living room and

Comments

[wildeshinigami]

[hugs] the love you had must have been tremendous to be the source of so much strength. perhaps now it will become a source of comfort, too.

[eliotkohan]

I've been impressed with how you've handled the last couple of years and I'm glad to hear you feel (at least somewhat) stable.

[bluealoe]

There's a lot of things I wanted to say in response to this, but it comes down this: I understand. The pain will never go away, but you'll learn to live with it.

The fact that you have a recording of you guys talking is wonderful. I wish I had something like that for my dad.

*hugs tight* Take care of yourself. And happy birthday!!!