The Year My Mother Turned 86

There are parts of that year I remember distinctly,

sitting in the waiting room

on March 19, 2007

while my mother was in surgery

when the doctor performed the bowl resection

and driving from my house to

University Medical Center everyday

for the next several weeks.



Other parts of the year are in a fog

concealed beneath the stress

which accompanied the hospital,

the rehabilitation

and recovery.



I know I wrote poetry

and made blog entries,

but I don't remember them

any more then I remember paying bills

or putting gas in the car.