we arose
at 5 a.
m., having
a hard
slept. How
can you
rest when
a blade
will soon
sever
flesh so
dear? She
kissed
both of
our
children
as they
slept, but
they never
stirred or
said"Good
luck" or"I
love you,
Mommy". In
the
hospital,
after we
signed the
papers, I
watched
her change
into a
faded
cotton
gown and
two pairs
of socks,
as if the
worst
injury
that day
would be
the chill2
of the
operating
room. She
cried in
my arms
and said
she didn't
