Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Disappearing Senses
Years ago in the first quiet of a winter morning, before the house awakens to warmth from the fireplace and movement of its inhabitants, my sister, brother and I sit at the top of the staircase in our fleece pajamas and fuzzy animal slippers.
“Is it time yet?” my brother asks.
“We have to wait for [...]
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
That light, that night
The flowers made me suspect it, gave me reason to suspect it, but the illnesses confirmed it. And I have to tell you, I’m a little worried; things haven’t been the same here since that light, that night.
I think I’d like to blame it on the smoking ban. If that hadn’t been [...]
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
FLOWERS
I went into her room having already gotten the scoop from her previous nurse during report. She’d been married for years with two kids, one in elementary school, one in junior high. Labor was being induced at 38 weeks because the baby looked (on ultrasound) like he might be a big guy. She was petite [...]