Where the Broken Heart Still Beats
“"I stay with your mama." Martha glared at Sinty-ann. "I'm staying until Mrs. Bigelow gets here. That's who Mama wants to be with her. She doesn't want you, Sinty-ann. It's not your place." She sounded nervous and upset.
"Not your place," Sinty-ann replied calmly. "I have borne children; you have not. It is the place of mothers to help each other." She could see that Martha didn't really want to be there with her mother. Anna Parker had been in labor since before sunrise; not long for a young, s...trong woman, but a long time for a woman Anna's age, the same as Sinty-ann's. Martha was frightened; she was not used to birthing. They had sent the wrong one away, Sinty-ann thought; young as she was, Lucy would not be nervous. If she was frightened, she would not show it. She would be calm and do whatever had to be done.
"It's all right," Anna said to Martha. "You go." At last Martha left them alone, and Sinty-ann looked down at the woman in the bed. "You will have the baby here, in this cabin?" she asked.MoreLess
"Not your place," Sinty-ann replied calmly. "I have borne children; you have not. It is the place of mothers to help each other." She could see that Martha didn't really want to be there with her mother. Anna Parker had been in labor since before sunrise; not long for a young, s...trong woman, but a long time for a woman Anna's age, the same as Sinty-ann's. Martha was frightened; she was not used to birthing. They had sent the wrong one away, Sinty-ann thought; young as she was, Lucy would not be nervous. If she was frightened, she would not show it. She would be calm and do whatever had to be done.
"It's all right," Anna said to Martha. "You go." At last Martha left them alone, and Sinty-ann looked down at the woman in the bed. "You will have the baby here, in this cabin?" she asked.MoreLess
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