The Seagull Book ...

My Aunt Maureen gave my mum a copy of Jonathon Livingstone Seagull to read in hospital - when we visited her in Ward C3, my mum would be reading it - she'd be sitting in her chair by the wheeled bed - 

We'd sit around her - my dad would ask the nurses when she was coming home - my mum would put down the book - she'd look at each of us in turn, visitors to this strange place - 

Now she's back home, often my mum feels she's not really home - 

She looks out of window, watching the sky - 

Sometimes I see some seagulls she says - 

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June 21 2014

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