Mother gently raised my head with one hand and felt all the way under the pillow with the other. I could do nothing but look at her with wide eyes. Cherish it, my daughter. Georgia This has been the worst year of my life, the year I got old. I am going into the hospital for my third surgery on this stupid body that has turned into a falling-apart house.
Every system needs to be fixed.
I suppose I should stop being angry about it and be grateful for what the doctors are able to do these days. But I am angry. I have taken very good care of myself. Also, I have the good fortune to live in a country where the government and my neighbors are not trying to kill me. After everything my family has suffered, after all of the sacrifices they made for me, after all of their senseless premature deaths, how dare I falter like this.