3 years ago today

The Date: The 24th of September The Year: 2006
It was a day much like today...

It was 5 am, and no one in the house was stirring. It was a deathly silence. And then the phone rang. A few woke, but none answered, it went to the machine "Henry, it's Lucy, can you call me back please, it's important". And the rest of the family returned to their slumber...

7am, and one-by-one, the family slowly woke from their peaceful sleep, to a cold house. "Where's Dad?" asked the youngest. "He had to go to the hosital to visit Lita" replied the mother.

And then the phone rang. "Ebony, Ebony, can I speak to your mum?" She knew something was wrong. She carried the phone to her mother. She started to cry...

There'd been a lot of that going on lately, crying. Maybe that's just what happens when a family member was in hospital. But this was different, Lita was getting better, she was coming out of hospital tomorrow...

"Girls, come here"
and she enveloped her children in a hug.
"What is it Mum, what's wrong?"
She started to cry

"Your grandmother's dead"

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And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am