The Sewing Machine

Prologue

I knew it would all fall on me. The minute they said Grandma Mary was sick last Fall, I knew the rest of the family was going to run for the hills. No one wants to be there to clean up the house or fix the dinner or to make sure she take all her medicines for the day. But I did it with every ounce of my being and didn't regret one minute. Because she has given me so much more. She was a mother when mine would disappear for months at a time only to come back pregnant again.

She was there when no one else thought I was going to straighten up during my turbulent teenage years. “That girl ain't gonna be shit just her daddy! I don't know why you still fooling with her.” my mother would say. But grandma never listened. Not even the times when I proved my mother's words to be true. She just kept right on encouraging me and beating my ass when I needed it. I will love her forever for doing so. That's why I sacrificed my time, money and energy to do all I could for her during her last days here on earth. And if I was asked to rewind time and do it again, I would without a single blink in protest.

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