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My Mom and Me
She helps me a lot on my homework and my journal
She cooks for me
She takes me places.
It makes me happy.
She buys me shoes
She helps me keep my room clean.
She takes care of me.
I brought her meds
I brought her food
I helped take her temperature.
I cared for her.
They took her lungs out and put new ones in
My Dad and I had to wear a mask
In kindergarten we made my Mom a Get Well Soon! poster.
I missed her.
I got to go into the ICU when I was only 5
I always used to ask my Daddy for ice cream from the cafeteria
He always said, “Yes.” I said “Yea!” I had toppings:
Gummy bears, oreo chips, and chocolate syrup.
I always said, “Thank you!”
My Mom couldn’t talk and we had to use sign language
I could understand her more than my Dad
When we visited her on Christmas, I said, “Mommy needs a nap now.”
We had to go back the next day to give her the presents.
I had to baby-sit Mommy’s little bear, Oats
The bear and I played cards
He slept with me
He helped me brush my teeth, he brushed his.
He ate invisible macaroni.
Isabear gave me Teddy Transplant Bear
I gave him new lungs.
He does not need oxygen anymore.
Mom remembers when I flushed her IV line
I even drew up the saline in the syringe.
I was only 5…Amazing!
Now…
She blows on my stomach and my arm
She can yawn… Amazing!
She can go on airplanes… Amazing!
She can breathe again…Amazing!
Maleka Mau
February 2003
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