Nurses and doctors lined the hallway.
Some of them saluted.
Some just bowed their heads.
Three weeks later, she was gone.
Jonathan and I walked behind her bed.
I barely remember it.
I was numb from the inside out, and watching all those doctors and nurses showing respect for my daughter’s decision undid me.
Jonathan held me while I sobbed.
“She did something beautiful,” he whispered.
I was numb from the inside out
Then his phone rang.
He looked at the screen and went pale.
“I-I have to go downstairs.”
“What?” I looked up at him through teary eyes.
He didn’t explain.
He rushed off down the hallway and left me there alone.
He looked at the screen and went pale.
I stood there, still holding the ribbon someone had pinned to my sleeve.
Before I could process what had just happened, I heard footsteps behind me.
“Wait! Please, WAIT!”
