Essay about my 101 (soon to be 102 year old grandpa and the stories he tells.

Rusty Pipes

 “That was scary, seeing him so close to death,” she says.
 “He wasn’t though.”
 “Still,” she says and sits back. Knowledge burns in her chest, paralyzes her. “People are dying, could die at any instant,” she says. “A wave and turn 

Emergency Room Diagnosis

My body grew a new organ, temporary, but life-sustaining. After I birthed him, I birthed you. The doctor and nurse were going to cart you away, thinking I didn’t want to see you. Put you in a teal green bowl when I said wait. Wait. 

Christi R. Suzanne

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