Stories tagged “fact-ly”
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Auntie
In retrospect, the hospital was a rather sterile place. The more I think about it, the less inviting it becomes. We went up the elevator. My mother held a bag full of Reese’s Cups—the big ones, individually wrapped, like for Halloween. The ...
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Grim Reality
“It’s not pretty,” Mom warned me, careful to stand between me and the family room. “He…” She paused, and I could see her training as a nurse kick in. “He fell when he went. He didn’t feel anything.”...
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Standard Procedure
“He died alone.” Mom’s stoic nurse-look faltered behind her tears. “I found him when I came home from work this afternoon. It’s standard procedure, if something like this happens.” We sat for several minutes, and I s...
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Saying Goodbye
He just looked asleep. I couldn’t get over that fact. He’d wake up any moment, now. “Do you want to hold his hand or anything?” Mom asked. I shook my head. “I want to remember the last time I hugged him on Sunday, not̷...
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I am my mother's dirty little secret
On an otherwise unremarkable day during my tenth year, my mother picked me up from school and told me my father had died. I was unmoved. My mother had left him three years ago, and his mercurial moods made me feel uneasy, so I had been happy to stay aw...