◇Kate ◇
Kate lay curled on her bed, the glow of her phone screen flickering across her tear-streaked face. She watched old videos of her mother, her sobs breaking the silence.
“Mom…you left me alone. Why, Mom?” Her voice cracked, trembling with pain. “Why is everybody leaving me? First dad …and now you.”
She pressed the phone into her chest as if holding her mother close again.“Mom, I miss you, I'm dying without you.”
It's been two months since her mother's death, yet the grief refuses to loosen its grip.
Each felt heavier than the last. She forced herself out of bed only when she couldn't avoid it. She barely ate, she barely slept, she barely lived.
Even the love she held for her children wasn't enough to pull her from the dark spiral of loss.
Her heart was still chained to her
