Ten Signs You’ve Been in the Hospital Too Long 10. You can’t wash your hands without a foot pedal 9. You get to a set of double doors and look for the admittance buzzer while other people walk around you and simply push the doors open 8. Perfect strangers have seen more of your body … Continue reading Been a Long Time
Month: May 2017
Like Happy Songs of Bluebirds
Here in my hospital room, I am surrounded by empty rooms. Somewhere down the hall, though, a woman is screaming for her life. It is not a sound that can be replicated without the actual feeling of imminent destruction. I know because I was that woman once. I asked Google what motherhood sounds like. The … Continue reading Like Happy Songs of Bluebirds
Tied Up to the Ground
Four floors below me in the hospital courtyard, a concert is tuning up. I am told it is a quartet, though I consider a flute an unusual element if it is indeed limited to four instruments. I once played the flute. It's been twenty one years since I played the flute in a musical production. … Continue reading Tied Up to the Ground
The Reason I Hold On
Ahem. I cheated and copied the first half of this post from Facebook. It's not so much an economy of words as much as having an IV in my hand, making typing a little awkward, that urged my self-plagiarism. So. Skip to the bold line if you already read my Facebook post. I am 31.5 … Continue reading The Reason I Hold On