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Beep. Beep. Beep.
“Momma!”
Beep. Beep. Beeeeeeeeeep.
I shouted, “Somebody help! Somebody please help her! Don’t leave me, Momma! Please don’t leave me!”
“Get him out of here!” one of the nurses ordered, rushing into the room.
“No!” Hands immediately touched me everywhere, carrying me out into the hallway. “Take me with you, Momma! Please just take me with you!” I screamed as loud as I could.
Fighting for her life.
But mostly…
Fighting for mine too.
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AIDEN
Then: Almost eight-years-old
I’d been sitting in the office the nurse put me in forever ago.
Walking back and forth.
Wanting to see my mom.
I just wanted to see my mom.
Why was that so hard?
Why were they making this so hard for me?
Didn’t they understand, I needed to be with her?
Everything would be alright if we were together. She needed me. She needed her Little Man.
Didn’t they know I was her Little Man?
“Where is my mom?!” I screamed toward the locked door. “I want to see my mom! You can’t keep me in here! She needs me! My momma needs me! Open the door!” I slammed my fists against the hard wood with as much force as I could. “Just open the door and let me see her! Please! Just open the door!”
I couldn’t hold back my feelings. I couldn’t control the pain, the sadness I didn’t understand that was taking over me.
It was hard to breathe, to see, to feel anything other than the mad feelings in my heart.
“I want my momma! I just want my momma! Please! Please! I’ll be a good boy! I promise, I’ll be a good boy, just let me see her!”
My fists pounded against the door harder and faster until it hurt so bad, I had to stop.
Until all I saw was Momma behind my tears.
Until all I wanted was to give up and wait for her to come find me.
I needed her to hold me in her arms and tell me everything was going to be okay. That everything was going to go back to the way it used to be before she got sick. Before she stopped playing with me, before she stopped taking care of me…
Before.
