Heart of a Tiger: Growing Up With My Grandfather, Ty Cobb by Herschel Cobb
Author:Herschel Cobb
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Parenting, Sports & Recreation, Sports, Grandparenting, Family & Relationships, Baseball, Biography & Autobiography, General, History
ISBN: 9781770903821
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2013-04-01T04:00:00+00:00
We finished the summer at Grandma’s, and she took us to the train station in Palo Alto early one morning. She bought tickets for us, and we hugged and said our good-byes. When she handed the tickets to Susan, she exclaimed, “Grandma, these are for Santa Maria, not Los Angeles. We have to go all the way to Los Angeles.”
Grandma replied, in a rare somber voice, “Susan, your mother moved back to Santa Maria this summer, while all of you were up here with me. She’ll explain. I think she will pick you up.” The conductor was calling for passengers to board, so we all kissed Grandma, took the package of sandwiches she made for us, and jumped on the train.
The train ride took most of the day, and we had nothing to do except look out the window, play cards, and wonder where our new house would be.
In Santa Maria, our mom didn’t pick us up at the station, Ayako did. As we climbed into the car, Ayako greeted us but didn’t say anything during the ride. Susan and I looked at each other and knew something was wrong.
Ayako drove through a tract of one-story homes and parked in front of a small ranch house. She quickly said, “Your mom’s inside, but she doesn’t feel well, so we have to be very quiet.”
I walked to the front door with my bag and saw all the shades for the windows were drawn. When Ayako unlocked the front door and I walked inside, it was nearly dark with all the windows covered. The house was small, and the front door opened directly into the living room. I put my bag down and looked around. Everything was green. Green rug, green walls, and the light green sofa that I remembered from our house in Los Angeles.
Ayako could see the questions written all over our faces. Finally, almost apologetically, she explained, “Your mom doesn’t feel well, and Dr. Dunn will be here any minute. He will explain.” Almost as soon as she finished, there was a knock on the front door. She opened it and Dr. Dunn came in, carrying his black bag. We all knew him; he was our family doctor when we lived in Santa Maria two years ago, when I was in the second grade. He had a son my age and a daughter Susan’s age.
The three of us were sitting on the edge of the sofa, with our suitcases still at our feet, waiting with puzzled expressions on our faces. He greeted us, saying how nice it was to see us again, and then cleared his throat with a slight cough. He proceeded like we were patients. “Your mom is quite ill, and I need to visit her twice every day, morning and evening. The house needs to be quiet and kept dark and cool.” He took a deep breath. “Can you three do this for your mom?”
We all nodded, like toys at the end of a string. Susan had the presence to ask, “How long is Mom going to be sick? Where is she?”
Dr.
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