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Pulled Up by the Roots

The screen door slammed. โ€œGood bye,โ€ it said. Grace lowered herself down the porch steps on knees lacking cartilage, bone on bone.

In the low two seated car, few words were shared between the women on the 3 hour drive to Graceโ€™s new home: wide mauve hallways, incessant call bells, best of bad choices on a nurseโ€™s pension.

Alone is relative here; long gone the silent mornings.

โ€œWe chose this together, Grace,โ€ her niece repeats.

โ€œYes.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m sure youโ€™ll be happy, in time,โ€ Sarah hugs her goodbye.

โ€œIn time,โ€ Grace whispers to the closed door.


Escape
Graceโ€™s wheelchair slipped out double doors.

Liquid Ambers dropped red leaves and spiny seeds. Grace zipped her jacket against cool breezes. She passed manicured gardens on Cedar Street and remembered strolls with Hugh after the War.

โ€œKitty, kitty,โ€ Grace spoke to an orange tom who jumped into her lap. โ€œWell arenโ€™t you forward,โ€ Grace heard herself laugh.

Sixty-five minutes later, she returned, an OPD cruiser parked outside of The Manor.

โ€œYou didnโ€™t sign out,โ€ the administrator said.

โ€œI could just sign my name and leave?โ€

โ€œWeโ€™ll discuss it.โ€

โ€œWe are discussing it.โ€

โ€œOK, before dinner, no escortsโ€

Grace nodded.


In Time
He wheeled up to Grace and presented her with a single yellow rose.

โ€œHappy Birthday, Grace,โ€ he twinkled.

โ€œI hate birthdays, Harry.โ€

โ€œBetter than the alternative.โ€

โ€œWho knows. Shirley doesnโ€™t even know where she is.โ€

โ€œProbably. But sheโ€™s enjoying every bite of cake,โ€ Harry said.

โ€œShe enjoys wandering into my room in the middle of the night, too,โ€ Grace said.

Harryโ€™s great grandson arrived with a fist full of balloons.

โ€œMatt, better save some of those for Grace,โ€ Harry said.

โ€œAll the blue ones for Grace,โ€ Matt said. โ€œWe get the reds and greens.โ€

Grace almost smiled.

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Publication Date: 09-03-2010

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