I was going to blog about the best cars to buy to survive the coming Zombie Apocalypse but then a friend of mine sent me this beautiful poem which seems much more appropriate for this Memorial Day weekend. Those of us with elderly parents can easily relate.
Mom Saying Goodbye
by Carol Teltschick
I call my mother everyday
California to Texas
We talk and laugh
Around and in between the spaces
of a disease in her brain
We talk and laugh
Of things she knows but can’t remember
We know she loves
We talk
I remind her she combed lice
From my hair for
hours
My hair was thick her hands grew tired
Always home for the daughter
who traveled to wild places
Still so much easier than
hanging up a phone
today
How do I turn this thing off, honey? What do I do with it now?
Ok, that’s the end of it. Do I push anything down? Does it go there?
It’s always something going. I don’t know why.
We’ve got to get this thing going down.
Honey, can you help me? Gosh, she sounds so sweet. I have to get it…
She’s gone? She’s gone.
Ok, it’s bye…
California to Texas: expect delays and alternate routes
We talk and laugh
With love
Morro Bay, March 2019
Saying nothing in particular 
❤ Beautiful. It reminds me when I flew to Los Angeles from Frankfurt direct and grandma warned me not to go off too soon. As if it were a local train.
How sweet of your grandma! I take it you didn’t fall out of the plane!
Nope. Neither exited at Pismo Beach.
Beautiful 💜💜
Yes, I think so too.
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So moving. Makes me feel as though I were there. Almost as though she were my mom.
Carol’s mom must be a real sweetie.
What a lovely poem.
I’m glad you liked it.
That is beautiful.
Thanks Dan.
So, best autos for the zopocalypse next week? I thought a motorcross bike was preferred.
It depends on what kind of zombie you’re trying to avoid. If the world is overrun with zombies then you’ll spend most of your time trying to outrun them so you want a solar powered luxury SUV with refrigerator, etc cause you’ll be living in your vehicle. It’s all very complicated.
I assume you’ve read WWZ and the other excellent The Girl with all the Gifts? WWZ was nothing like the movie. Zombies? What about the Conservation of Energy?
Only TGWATG seems to have recognized the need for the CoE. WWZ’s zombies living for months if not years underwater? What?
Your knowledge of Zombies is evidently much greater than mine!
This was beautiful to read, JT. Thanks for sharing it.
My pleasure.
So bittersweet..:)
It’s just a part of life and aging unfortunately.
Beautiful poem. I went to see my daughter in the end of May. We had a great time, laughed, did silly things together. I wish we live forever 🙂