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Broken Beginnings: Chapter Thirty Three (Revisions)
Chapter Thirty Three:
Friday. December.06.2018
“You need to slow down Katarina, you are not going to do you or Nadia any favors if you wear yourself down, before you leave the hospital.” Mom said gently.
Katarina was a little frantic with a mixture of nerves and excitement. She had no idea what was to come, and it scared her, despite Mom reminding her that we were only next door and we would help in anyway that we could. I understood the fear, Mother and I had been afraid too, but we were doing okay, and I wanted them to see that they would do okay too.
“She’s going home today.” Katarina said.
“I know, that’s why we are here, we aren’t going to let you go through this alone.” Mother said gently. “It’s going to be okay, we have strong daughters.”
I smiled I really did not see myself as strong, that better described Bobe, not me, but I was honored that my Mother felt that way, though if I was strong in anyway, it was because of G-d and the women who raised me, Ima, and Babula.
Remember Babula, we are all strong in our own way, G-d gives us different strengths and weaknesses.
Once again Bobe’s words played in my ears, reminding me of the fact that though she was gone, she lived on in the memories that came flooding back at the exact right moments. It was G-d, I knew that, because Bobe had so often instilled that in my mind.
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My family and G-d had allowed me to get through…