Health & Fitness
Three Cold Nights
Three Cold Nights
@2014 Linda Barrett
The struggle began 11AM Wensday
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Our dryer died in mid-cycle
Refrigerator stopped cooling
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Mother and I huddled together
Lying in bed
trees and twigs
Crackling all around us
Downed branches fallen
Like dead bodies on battlefields
Mother snoring on her side
Me beside her,
Listening for the crackling
Wondering if burgulars broke through
Sleep eluded me
In a Seroquel-less night
Hear the horror stories from
both brothers also without electricity
Where's Obama when you need him?
Roads cut off by trees
Bucks and Montgomery County
paralyzed by the icy cold
Wal-Mart shut down
Search for places to eat
Two days of hibernating
Find miracles in small things:
Breakfast at Keswick Coffee
Hot water for a Thursday morning bath
Mother proud of me for
sharing my body warmth
Friday became
Take Mother to Work Day
Calling PECO from my cell phone
Gave me the dilemma
Where to go for warmth
Until 11 PM
Mother found a PECO man
Who told her he'd work on our house first
Stayed at work until 3 PM
Returned home at 3:30
Lights went on
Normalcy returned once again