Life, Death, Wedding, Miracles

Life, death, wedding, miracles she was not cancer, she’d not enchanted death. she’d still smile - with loose teeth, with clinging roots. dreamy-eyed, a wedding to plan, mind engaged. a forthright goal despite the odds, felicitous. dress wrapped around her fading petals. mirth, spread on a banquet table, with precious invitations, all who would come, none forced back. for she’s like her feral cat, feisty & fearless. fresh air, like a bouquet, seemed to sweep the church. a wrist corsage bravely held her hand. her eyes resolute, passing the baton to her only daughter, God’s mercy in battle. this was the final day, she’d gather her breath, take a huge whiff, of this planet’s oxygen. next day, spirals, giving her two more months. God favored her so, he graciously gave her christmas day. *died two days later, told me of her new birth. ipad doorbell, announced her new day. i stood there with heart pounding, knowing we had shared precious prayer. Kim Rodrigues © 2017 *True story. I prayed with faith for my cousin. God gave her another year, when the doctor’s had already told the family to say goodbye (miracle #1).The day after she died, my ipad rings like the sound for facetime, which sounds like a doorbell. I open my ipad and it says it’s her birthday, but my ipad was not set up for her birthday and it was not her earth birthday. (#2) I kept saying, “I don’t get it!” Chills. One more thing happened one year later, not as dramatic but clear to me. (#3)