Remembra
Published in the 2017 Colorado Book Award winning anthology, Found, by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Dedicated to my mom, May Brouhard, and my grandma, Cynthia Gibbon (rest her soul).
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MOM
The woman in front of me seems familiar, but I can’t find her name in my mind.
“Mom . . . do you know who I am?”
I shake my head and close my eyes. They all think I close my eyes to block them out. I’ve heard them say that. But it’s not true. When I close my eyes, I remember.
We, the woman who called me mom, and I, twirl in the sunshine. We pick flowers in a meadow. We laugh by a tipped-over Christmas tree while the naughty cat who tipped it watches from the couch. We bake cookies in a kitchen clouded by flour. They are good memories.
There are also bad. The arguments
