This is fantastic. I love how you’ve made the whole piece about that one first line.
“Summing up” of the final paragraph is equally good.

Your description induces real imagery (especially the comparison of the scarf and church window).

3rd paragraph, 3rd line – “spoonsful”? should it not be “spoonfulls”? Also you need to keep that whole paragraph in past past tense … eg…“she HAD drifted off” , “morphine HAD kicked in”. As it’s a little bumpy at present.

Overall a beautiful write. And great to have you back again =)
Abby x

@Abby everyone says spoonfuls, but I was taught spoonsful was the correct term.
Maybe both are right, don’t know. I’ll check.