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I was one of the crazies.

February 23, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 9 Comments

Saline water gurgles over my right shoulder sounding like an aquarium. In the next room a television drones on as someone wins the Showcase Showdown. The mere sound of a game show makes me nauseous, transports me back forty years to sick days home from school.

The smell of hospital food is unmistakable, sickness and sorrow stirred into chicken broth. In the corridor a nurse bellows, “I hated being pregnant—worst experience ever!”

Some women love being pregnant.” Another responds, shocked at her confession.

“Only crazy women!” She continues down the hallway, skipping Gene’s room. The lunch cart needs a squirt of W-D 40.

From my fake leather chair I murmur, “I was one of the crazies.”

Gene doesn’t reply.


talya

Musical Pairing:
Ain’t No Sunshine, Eva Cassidy

Feb, 2011
RIP Gene Boerner

a quick retreat

February 21, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 7 Comments

in the hospital surgery waiting room last week

Staci:  Momma should be in recovery now.
Me: Yes we should be hearing something soon.
Cute guy sitting nearby, 30-ish: (Walks over to us…) Excuse me, my wife is a hairdresser. I thought you might be interested. (He hands each of us a business cards.)
Me:  (laughing) Really? (more laughing)
Staci: Are you saying we need to call her?
Me: Does our hair look that bad?
Cute guy: Oh no no no, just trying to help her get business.
Both of us: Thanks! I guess?

He quickly retreated…:)

talya

Musical Pairing:

Glory Days, Jennifer Nettles

It Is A Wonderful Life

February 16, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 6 Comments

While staying with my mother at Plano Medical Center, I heard a few stanzas of Brahms Lullaby playing softly over the loudspeaker. The tune, like a music box, was played randomly throughout the day and night, offering a nice break from the hum of hospital equipment. 
“What’s the purpose of the music?” I asked Jessica, Momma’s dedicated day nurse.
“We play the music, each time a baby is born here.”
A sweet reminder, sometimes necessary in the hospital, that life is exceptionally good.

talya

Musical Pairing:

Lullaby, Johannes Brahms

“Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” Zuzu Bailey- It’s A Wonderful Life

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Hi! I'm Talya. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (Now Available!)

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