Coffeehouse Angel
“"It's my stomach," she said, refusing a plate of toast.
"Do you have the flu?" "I don't think so." She pushed back the quilt and sat at the edge of her bed. "It feels like indigestion. I must have eaten something bad." "Maybe it's because you're so worried," I said, sitting next to her. "Why won't you let me help with the bills?" "It's my job to worry about the bills." She patted my hand. "Your job is to go to school." "But I think I should stay home and take care of you." "Irmgaard will ta...ke care of me." She stepped into some slippers. "You go to school.
Get good grades, go to a good college." My grandmother used to be so strong. But age had crept up, and like Lars she didn't want to be treated differently just because her body was slowing down. Anna Svensen had her pride and she believed that her problems were no one's business. Like my grandfather's alcoholism.
No one knew that he used to drink himself to sleep every night.MoreLess
"Do you have the flu?" "I don't think so." She pushed back the quilt and sat at the edge of her bed. "It feels like indigestion. I must have eaten something bad." "Maybe it's because you're so worried," I said, sitting next to her. "Why won't you let me help with the bills?" "It's my job to worry about the bills." She patted my hand. "Your job is to go to school." "But I think I should stay home and take care of you." "Irmgaard will ta...ke care of me." She stepped into some slippers. "You go to school.
Get good grades, go to a good college." My grandmother used to be so strong. But age had crept up, and like Lars she didn't want to be treated differently just because her body was slowing down. Anna Svensen had her pride and she believed that her problems were no one's business. Like my grandfather's alcoholism.
No one knew that he used to drink himself to sleep every night.MoreLess
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