Like Barbara Mandrell in the song, I’ve been sleeping single in a double bed since my husband passed over ten years ago. But I’m not tossing and turning, trying to forget anything. I don’t want to forget anything about our marriage except the nights I sat up with him when he couldn’t urinate after suffering two paralyzing strokes, the times he fell while I was trying to transfer him from one place to another, or when he went to the emergency room at two in the morning after he’d been unable to move his bowels for over twelve hours.
I’m at peace now that he’s in a better place where he can walk and take care of himself. Although I miss him, his absence no longer keeps me awake. With the help of the Get Sleepy podcast and background sounds on my iPhone, I sleep well most nights, single in my double bed.
If you’d like to know more about our life together, you can read My Ideal Partner: How I Met, Married, and Cared for the Man I Loved Despite Debilitating Odds. Thanks to GirlieOnTheEdge for inspiring the above with her six-sentence story prompt for this week, in which the given word is “double,” and the idea is to write something in exactly six sentences, using the word at least once. You can click here to participate in this week’s hop and read other six-sentence creations. Thank you for stopping by.
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
Independently published with the help of DLD Books.
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Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?