End of East, the (2011)
“Even if everyone was sleeping, the collective sound of our heavy breathing and body shifts during the night reassured me when I woke up from a bad dream.
In the day, my mother called out for all of us, “Wendy-Daisy-Jackie-Penny-Samantha!” even if she only wanted one, her mind seemingly unable to make the distinction. And we ran, jostling into each other in the hallways, pushing against the walls that barely contained us. As the youngest, I was always last and out of breath, my thick glasses fog...ged over from the heat of my own exertion.
Now, the night before Penny’s wedding, it really is just my mother and me. Penny is staying in her complimentary hotel suite tonight, and her room is empty. Everything has been moved to her new apartment in a low-rise building across town.
I walk past my mother on my way to bed. The living room, so large with its heavy stone fireplace (the hearth covered in plastic, of course, for fear of bone-chilling drafts and wayward squirrels), and my mother, so small in her red cardigan.MoreLess
In the day, my mother called out for all of us, “Wendy-Daisy-Jackie-Penny-Samantha!” even if she only wanted one, her mind seemingly unable to make the distinction. And we ran, jostling into each other in the hallways, pushing against the walls that barely contained us. As the youngest, I was always last and out of breath, my thick glasses fog...ged over from the heat of my own exertion.
Now, the night before Penny’s wedding, it really is just my mother and me. Penny is staying in her complimentary hotel suite tonight, and her room is empty. Everything has been moved to her new apartment in a low-rise building across town.
I walk past my mother on my way to bed. The living room, so large with its heavy stone fireplace (the hearth covered in plastic, of course, for fear of bone-chilling drafts and wayward squirrels), and my mother, so small in her red cardigan.MoreLess
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