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By Misti Date: 2005 May 28 Comment on this Work [[2005.05.28.16.06.3209]] |
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people came and went in the hospital my labor and the birth of my daughter was videotaped by my mom's friend it was a bloody teary blur what I remember the most clearly is waking up in the hospital bed in the dark room seeing the face of Olinda as she sat beside me caressing my hand praying over me I hardly knew Olinda but I loved her suddenly and completely and hoped someday I could be that good to someone in pain my husband always the Leo director accused me this morning of being cold because I would not cry I told him I would leave he could have the bookcases he told me all he needed was to see me cry told me I should find a Spock and after enough words in that vein the dam broke he got the scene he needed me curled up in the fetal position sobbing remembering the newborn daughter I gave away in December of 1996 and the woman who tried to ease me through it. |