"She’s at St. Luke’s
Hospital in New Bedford. Do you know where that is?"
Before he could finish, I put the
phone down and ran out the door. And here I am now. Still in shock.
How could this be happening? The pain in my stomach hurt so bad.
Memories kept flooding my minds. But not the type of memories
you’d think a person in this situation would have.
They weren’t good memories,
or thoughtful memories, or sweet memories. No, they were awful
memories about hatred and scorn. Memories filled with hurt, tears,
and name-calling. Scary memories were all I had of my mother.
In my teens and her early thirties,
she was a very successful hairdresser. She was sociable and had
a personality that could make anyone smile. She loved what she
did and was excellent at it. She had long , curly, dirty-blond
hair. She stood 5’5" and had crystal blue eyes. My father
once called her a healthy mule. and he was right. My mother was
a very healthy person. People thought her to be my older sister
on many occasions.
I, on the other hand, was the total
opposite. I love sports and hated dresses. Heck, I hated dressing
up period. I would rather wear an old baseball cap, jeans, a sports
shirt, and sneakers over a dress any day. I was always off doing
some type of sports activity. To my father, I was the son he never
had. I’d spend most of my time with my father practicing
or attending a big game. Yeah, I was daddy’s little girl.
Everyone was fine with the way things
were going until one day when my mother received a phone call.
I was in the other room waiting for my dad to come home so we
could lay catch when I heard a god awful shriek from my mother.
Terrified, I ran to the next room to find my mother on her knees
with the telephone on the ground.
"Mom, what’s wrong?"
I said desperately.
My mother, in tears, tied to compose
herself long enough to explain to me what had happened. As she
told me, I too lost feeling in my legs and fell to the ground
in agony. Tears fell down my face. My father had been in a car
accident with a drunken driver and was killed instantly along
with the drunk.
