Aisha.
Though these pains come and go, I give to you only smiles because I want you to live. Thank me by having fun, remember me by laughing often, because that is what brings me comfort in these trials of age. When you remember me, send me your love, and I will return to you mine, though in truth it is always yours, always there for you. These pains may be an unwelcome guest, yet they can never master the beautiful soul, not mine, my love, nor yours.
I walk like my limbs don't really belong to me and each step is a negotiation rather than an order. Everything hurts now. Every damn thing. I wince to cross the floor, heading to get Darwin's clothes but he runs to me and wraps his arms around my legs. I guess I'm not forgotten quite yet..I bend against the will of my joints to get down to his eye level and he looks at me wide eyed. I'm expecting a poke on the facial injury but instead he wraps his arms around my neck.
