Transformation
Mum can be cheeky, uncomplaining and mostly submissive.
Mum listens, asks an occasional question, smiles and notices things she didn’t use to notice.
Mum has stopped adding salt to everything.
Mum has stopped repeating the same question a zillion times.
Mum still has to ask where Dad is.
Mum still knows heaven awaits her.
Mum, being a doctor, still knows what it means if your kidneys are only functioning at 20 per cent.
Mum can’t walk and can barely stand,
Mum has gone through another form of transformation.
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