Comments on: If I had known it was Her last Birthday, I wouldn’t have sent Her Flowers

By: I Believe In Birds — Susiej

I Believe In Birds — Susiej — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:46:48 +0000

[...] On a spring day, when birds were actively chirping and feeding their young, my brother and I sat outside of the hospital, waiting for the doctors to tell us that our mother was awake, and that she would be fine. A dead bird lay on the sidewalk in front of us. No matter how much we tried to avoid looking at the bird, we couldn’t help but notice — every person that walked by had to stop and walk around the carcass. The interruption of countless vistors’ strides during those 20 minutes were a constant reminder that death was imminent. And it was. [...]

By: The Vacant Spot — Susiej

The Vacant Spot — Susiej — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:29 +0000

[...] dads, grandparents who are there for the other children. I’ll pretend I don’t suffer from her absence — her failure to keep up with our unspoken tradition, which started with me, of grandmothers [...]

By: I Never Took The Time To Tell You This — Susiej

I Never Took The Time To Tell You This — Susiej — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:35:09 +0000

[...] Mom proudly and defiantly referred to the woman who lived across the street from us as “her best [...]

By: Summer Morning Rain — Susiej

Summer Morning Rain — Susiej — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:27:07 +0000

[...] always expected this funeral, but I didn’t expect my Mom to miss this one. Not once did I imagine that the baby sister, my mom, would leave us before her older sister. [...]

By: Grand Pistachio Easter Cake — Susiej

Grand Pistachio Easter Cake — Susiej — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:01:36 +0000

[...] recipe came into my Mom’s hands with great fanfare, and I found it tucked away in her recipe card tin. She had already been to the [...]

By: Yummy Cranberry Drink — Susiej

Yummy Cranberry Drink — Susiej — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:44:54 +0000

[...] I don’t know how I moved from making dinner Sunday night to the point where I pulled out my Mom’s seive that she used to make tomato juice with, to straining cranberries, but that’s where I [...]

By: The Cosmic Giggle and the Key to Enlightenment | Susiej

The Cosmic Giggle and the Key to Enlightenment | Susiej — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:23:10 +0000

[...] Top Posts Her Last Birthday [...]

By: Cheers! | Susiej

Cheers! | Susiej — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:51:48 +0000

[...] the grades here for concerts, award ceremonies and plays.” I refused to let myself think of her, and how much I wished she was here. This kind of “wishful” thinking, I’ve [...]

By: A Sense of Home | Susiej

A Sense of Home | Susiej — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:28:47 +0000

[...] It’s difficult to relax here. I need to put my head down someplace else. There’s another place I need to be. The image that keeps popping up in my mind is the one place I can no longer enter. The place that died when my Mom died. [...]

By: Susiej » The lesson of the picture frame

Susiej » The lesson of the picture frame — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:15:58 +0000

[...] my Mom died, there was an ugly legal battle, that was generated purely from misleading legal counsel, and [...]