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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2006
Death calls and
a mother goes
It was the third or fourth
sip of coffee before the
foulness filled the air
and ruined the previously
delicious aroma of caffeine
doused heavily in cream.
Suddenly, without warning,
I smelled death in the air.
Never can I explain how
I smell it slightly or how
the odor’s strength grows
then quickly permeates my
being, settling over me in
gloom that can be close to
unbearable.
The smell of death when it
comes is heavy and oppres
sive. It hangs in the air like
the weight-laden fog that
often covers Los Angeles.
At least
to my
nostrils,
it is hard
to inhale
and
absorb.
It is not
unlike
stepping
outdoors
on a clear
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mer’s day, expecting to
inhale fresh air, only to
be hit by a heavy steam
that suffocates rather than
revives.
Though I didn’t know
who death would call that
day, I felt strongly, sadly
that it would be a moth
er whose departure would
leave wailing and mourning
children behind. I tried to
shake myself from the mor
bid thought, telling myself
that I was maudlin and sen
timental because it was my
own mother’s birthday.
Yes, Mama and I have
sparred sometimes comical
ly, sometimes hatefully but
we are always in agreement
that we love each other
madly and unconditionally.
I blinked back the emo
tion of tears, thinking how
the death of a mot her would
devastate any child in her
half right mind. Trying to
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squelch the uneasiness, I
dressed, jumped in the car
with Dixie Dew and drove
over to surprise Mama on
her birthday with a hot
breakfast, just as she was
climbing out of bed.
It was lunch before I
knew whose mother that
death was beckoning on
that day.
Debbie, my best friend,
settled into the restaurant
booth, shook the napkin
open and as she placed
it in her lap said, “They
called Mike and his fam
ily in the morning for his
mama. They think the end
is near.”
Debbie is used to my pre
monitions so she wasn’t
surprised but did shrug.
“But they’ve been called in
a couple of times before,
once four or five months
ago. She’s always pulled
through. She keeps hang
ing on.”
“Then, the kids need to
go in, talk to her and tell
her it’s okay for her to go.
She needs to know that
they'll be fine.”
Mama Love had been
sick for years, her health
dwindling rapidly as her
body, which had seen over
90 years of use, grew too
tired to carry on. She had
lost the use of her legs
and, finally, her lifelong
enthusiastic ardor for the
Atlanta Braves. That was,
all agreed, the paramount
sign that life was ebbing
away.
She was a strong Southern
woman, one who had raised
and loved mightily 10 chil
dren and was always the
home force on which they
counted most. In the end,
one by one, they stepped
up and paid off their hefty
debt to her.
For years, the children
each took one night weekly
and spent with her to spare
their Mama of the coldness
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