During second period math class, the PA
comes on. I hear "David Higgins
to the office for
an early dismissal, Please". Being as I was only in
the second grade,
I rushed to the office, only to see my God Mother
waiting for me.
She tells me that we have to go pick up my other two
brothers at
pre-school. I asked her why, but, she only responded with
"I'll
explain later". So I followed her to the car and hopped in. We
rushed to
Mitzpah, where the pre-school my brothers were in was. We
picked up my two
younger brothers and rushed to my God Mothers home in
Millville.
My God Mother then explained that my
father would not be home for a
while, being as
he was rushing to Cooper Hospital to see my mother. At
this point in
time, being of such a young age, I started to block out a
lot of what she
was telling us all. I only remember a little bit of that
period of time
because of my memory block.
When my father had come home from the
hospital, he told us all that our
mother had been
envlolved in a serious car accident, and that sh
wouldn't be home
for a few weeks. I don't remember very much after that,
except for the
fact that the period of time my mother was in the
hospital fell on
her birthday. So, all of the family, except me, sat
down next to the
stereo. My father plugged in a microphone, popped in a
blank cassestte
and hit record. Each one of the children started to sing
"Happy
Birthday", then ended with a personal message. My father then
recorded his
message. I was in so much shock and horror that I didn't
want to record
anything. I was under the belief that my mother wasn't
coming home at
all.
My family kept trying to get me to
record something, but, I refused.
After about a
week or two of my mother being in the hospital, the whole
family got in the
car, and went to visit her. Being as it was a very
large hospital,
and alot of people were being brought in every so often.
We were not aloud
to stay very long. We had to sign in, and then go
upstairs to the
waiting room. My mother was in a special room, so we had
to wait for a
nurse to bring her out to the waiting room.
We visited my mother and then went
home. I can't remembr much about the
visit, except
that it was very short. My mother then eventually came
home. She had to
sleep downstairs in a special bed, because she couldn't
walk up the
stairs. The accident had crushed her right ankle bone,
making it rather
hard for her to walk. Actually, she wasn't able to get
out of bed for a
long period of time. When she was finally able to get
out of the bed,
she had to use a wheel chair.
Once she was able to leave the house,
the family started to look for a
new place to
live. We couldn't stay in the house we were living in
because of the
damamge to my mothers ankle. She would never again be
able to walk up
the steep stairs in the old house. We eventually found a
house in
Landisville, were we currently reside. My mother did as much as
she could to get
the house straightened up, with the help of a few very
nice friends.
I have learned to love my mother alot
more, and cherish life for all it
is. The accident
had left a small memory block. But, until this day, I
can remember
sitting in class and hearing "David Higgins to the office
for an early
dismissal, Please".
THE END
Written by:
Master of Zoul
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