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    K.C.
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Best Day and Worst Day - 1. Chapter 1

The last day of a beautiful life.

It was the best day and worst day of my life.

She didn’t feel well. The day had started so innocently, but soon she had trouble breathing. Needing company, I went and sat at the end of her bed. She insisted that everyone was overacting and that the handsome young doctor was only making her stay because he hadn’t worked up his nerve to ask her out on a date.

We played trivia. She won when I didn’t know the Capital of Iceland. It’s Reykjavik, in case you didn’t know either. She laughed and called me her ‘Honey Child,’ just like she did when I was a kid. When we were children, she called us that because she couldn’t tell Ebby and me apart, now it was a term of endearment. Blond curls, tanned skin and golden-brown freckles…I will always be her Honey Child.

Visiting hour was over at nine o’clock, but the nurse told me, I could stay, if we kept the giggling down to a minimum. I can still hear her laughter. It was late when I finally went home.

In the early morning hours, she slipped into a coma. It was her birthday, her last birthday. It was her eighty-third birthday. She never opened her eyes again. I don’t know if she felt me kiss her cheek or heard me tell her, “I love you.”

The handmade glass bird that I had bought for her is still wrapped and tucked away in my dresser drawer. I never touch it. Just like life, it’s too fragile.

I miss her so much everyday. When I think there are no more tears, God makes more.
Copyright © 2011 K.C.; All Rights Reserved.
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K.C.
On 05/15/2011 12:25 AM, Lugh said:
this is a bittersweet little piece.

 

good job.

Thank you!
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Marzipan

Thank you for sharing. It brought me back to my grandpa's last day and how I still carry the memory of most precious good byes with me. I hugged him when he passed away, I want to believe he felt my love at that moment.

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K.C.
On 05/15/2011 09:12 PM, Marzipan said:
Thank you for sharing. It brought me back to my grandpa's last day and how I still carry the memory of most precious good byes with me. I hugged him when he passed away, I want to believe he felt my love at that moment.
Thank you. It was very hard to write. I'll have those memories for the rest of my life. I loved her so much.
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K.C.
On 05/25/2011 04:16 PM, Foster said:
I know these feelings well.
Thank you and I'm sorry. The pain from loss is very hard.
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Nephylim

That was beautiful. The relationship was precious and as long as the memories, and the bird, go on, so will she :) At least until the memory making passes on to someone else and she becomes the strong base on which the future is built

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K.C.
On 06/03/2011 09:34 PM, Nephylim said:
That was beautiful. The relationship was precious and as long as the memories, and the bird, go on, so will she :) At least until the memory making passes on to someone else and she becomes the strong base on which the future is built
Thanks so much Nephy. I still can't bring myself to touch her bird. Someday I'll place it by her headstone, but no time soon. It still hurts too much.
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jian_sierra

KC, thanks for sharing this. That was just so beautiful. This is the first time I've read any of your works and I'm really impressed. :hug: for you.

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K.C.
On 06/11/2011 03:20 AM, jian_sierra said:
KC, thanks for sharing this. That was just so beautiful. This is the first time I've read any of your works and I'm really impressed. :hug: for you.
Thank you! This was very personal, but it felt like it was the right time to share.
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Frostina

It's just beautiful! :) There is something i would like to tell you, something you reminded me of... just, Hope you wouldnt mind a PM :)

I'll wait till I get a reply to this though! :)

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K.C.
On 06/17/2011 02:15 AM, Frostina said:
It's just beautiful! :) There is something i would like to tell you, something you reminded me of... just, Hope you wouldnt mind a PM :)

I'll wait till I get a reply to this though! :)

Thank you Frosty- I would love to hear from you.
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comicfan

Death is always something that marks you. You are lucky to have such beautiful memories to keep her close to you. The bird is fragile but if it isn't shown and shared is it worth the love it was given? Don't hide what means the most to you, it is fragile but that is what makes it so special. :hug: Thank you for reminding me of those I have loved and lost as well.

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K.C.
On 06/17/2011 04:00 AM, comicfan said:
Death is always something that marks you. You are lucky to have such beautiful memories to keep her close to you. The bird is fragile but if it isn't shown and shared is it worth the love it was given? Don't hide what means the most to you, it is fragile but that is what makes it so special. :hug: Thank you for reminding me of those I have loved and lost as well.
You know, I was just talking to someone a few minutes ago that I think I'm gonna place the bird on her grave...but I'm not ready yet. Thanks for reading.
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Mark92

How beautiful KC,

I never had anything like that, so bitter sweet for me to read. But enjoyable. Well done :)

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K.C.
On 10/05/2011 11:18 PM, Mark92 said:
How beautiful KC,

I never had anything like that, so bitter sweet for me to read. But enjoyable. Well done :)

Thanks Mark, I still can't believe that it's been a year already. It was so quick, I still find myself trying to call her or I think I see her walk by...I can't believe she's gone :(

Thank you

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K.C.
On 05/17/2012 09:14 AM, Zombie said:
You just made a zombie cry, KC
See Zom, I'm really not a meanie. When I wrote this I never thought that I would also be losing my mom a year later. Two amazing women are gone, but the world is a better place just for them having been in it. Thanks for checking out my poetry.
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Gene63

Kc, I lost my mom 3 years ago. It was May 15, 2011. She was 96 and had been my mom for 44 years. She and my dad adopted me when I was 3. I miss her more today than I did the day she died.

I proudly wear her mother's ring with all our birthstones in it. It's the only tangible part of her I have left.

Thank you for writing this. It reminds me of the love I feel for my mom that will never die.

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K.C.
On 06/20/2014 09:19 PM, Gene63 said:
Kc, I lost my mom 3 years ago. It was May 15, 2011. She was 96 and had been my mom for 44 years. She and my dad adopted me when I was 3. I miss her more today than I did the day she died.

I proudly wear her mother's ring with all our birthstones in it. It's the only tangible part of her I have left.

Thank you for writing this. It reminds me of the love I feel for my mom that will never die.

Thanks Gene. I'm glad this touched you and brought back fond memories of your mom. My grandmother was the world to me. I still miss her very much, but I can think back on her memory and not feel sad, only love! KC
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K.C.
On 11/29/2014 08:43 PM, Jaro_423 said:
Beautiful. Very tender. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for reading, Jaro! This was very bittersweet for me, but I really wanted to share it with others. KC
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stanollie

Beautiful. I was searching for a vampire story a friend recommended, saw this, andstarted reading. My mother died in 1949 when I was 20. She was sick for as far back as I could remember, but she always had smiles for me. Not a day goes by that she doesn't pass through my thoughts, sometimes briefly, other times long good memories. Thank you for sharing something so dear and personal.

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K.C.
On 12/14/2014 09:26 AM, stanollie said:
Beautiful. I was searching for a vampire story a friend recommended, saw this, andstarted reading. My mother died in 1949 when I was 20. She was sick for as far back as I could remember, but she always had smiles for me. Not a day goes by that she doesn't pass through my thoughts, sometimes briefly, other times long good memories. Thank you for sharing something so dear and personal.
Thank you for reading. She was an amazing woman. The memories are so bittersweet, but I wouldn't give them up for the world. I'm glad that sharing this has helped others. Thanks again, KC
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