A Week I Will Always Remember ~ pt. 1

I remember like it was yesterday
a week that changed my life
as well as so many others

It was my Grammas birthday
not something anyone celebrated
that year

I remember walking down the stairs
it was a Tuesday, school day for the kids
cartoons were wanted before a day of learning

I sat and flipped the channels
but much to my surprise
a live broadcast was all I could find

As I sat, my children by my side
I called to their Dad
"I think this is for real"

We witnessed the second plane
make its way inside
the second building

The TV was not turned off for days

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Friday after noon
the talk of terror still in the air
the phone rings at my house

My Aunt is saying things
that make no sense
I need to get there quick

My neighbors, such wonderful people
took my kids and said, "Don't worry"
I hate hospitals

There they sit, my Gramma and Aunt
with a blank look on their faces
"where is my Mom"

They say she is in ICU
I can't see here
that's what they think

I find my way, by myself
alone and unsure of what I'll find
the nurse says she is in the room ahead

Not thinking, I peak through the side of the curtain
and what I saw will FOREVER
be etched in my mind

My Mother, the one who adopted me and loved me
was there, on a bed, not covered yet
looking straight ahead and....not....moving

She has had a stroke, she's way too young
You could see the blood flowing and filling up
within her eyes

to be continued