Breath, Eyes, Memory
“When I first caught a glimpse of her, she was sitting on the back of a cart being pulled by two teenage boys.
Eliab raced to the yard, grabbed my grandmother's hand, and yanked her towards the road.
My mother was shielding her face from us, hiding behind a red umbrella.
My grandmother followed Eliab to the edge of the road.
"That lady," Eliab said, pointing at the umbrella guarding my mother's face. "That lady, she says she belongs to you." Tante Atie was in the yard boiling som...e water for our morning coffee. She got up quickly when my grandmother started screaming my mother's name.
"Min Martine!" "Tololo. Tololo," Eliab chimed in as though it was his long-lost mother who had come back.
My grandmother grabbed her broom and speared it in the ground to anchor herself.
My mother folded the red umbrella and laid it on top of a large suitcase on the cart next to her.MoreLess
Eliab raced to the yard, grabbed my grandmother's hand, and yanked her towards the road.
My mother was shielding her face from us, hiding behind a red umbrella.
My grandmother followed Eliab to the edge of the road.
"That lady," Eliab said, pointing at the umbrella guarding my mother's face. "That lady, she says she belongs to you." Tante Atie was in the yard boiling som...e water for our morning coffee. She got up quickly when my grandmother started screaming my mother's name.
"Min Martine!" "Tololo. Tololo," Eliab chimed in as though it was his long-lost mother who had come back.
My grandmother grabbed her broom and speared it in the ground to anchor herself.
My mother folded the red umbrella and laid it on top of a large suitcase on the cart next to her.MoreLess
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