All For You by Brooks Belle

Author:Brooks, Belle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMA PUBLISHING PTY LTD
Published: 2019-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

My parents are staying in our apartment. At first, Willard didn’t take too kindly to the idea, but when Dad pointed out the necessity for another person to be in the house in case something terrible were to happen, he came around. Dad has always had a way of getting through to anybody. He has a very calm nature and wise way about him.

I love Willard for always wanting to put me first, but maybe a carer wouldn’t be such a bad idea. We can’t afford it. But we’ll have to find a way.

Dad and Mum will go home on Sunday for a week, then Gem and Lexi will come to stay. As John-John pointed out on Monday, when this plan was put into place, “We grew up as a team and we are walking together to the end as a team.”

We’ll figure it out. We must. And since Will isn’t working, thanks to the kind folks raising money for our family, I’m sure that between everyone we’ll make the finish line together.

The app on my phone alerts me that tomorrow I’ll have made eighteen weeks in this pregnancy. I almost feel like we should have a party, even though I’m not much of a party animal these days. Looking at the most recent sonography image I added to the calendar alert, I sigh. I can’t wait for another picture tomorrow. Things have calmed down over the last five weeks. Well … to me they seem to have. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m content and resigned to the fact that this is my destiny, or if I’m telling myself everyone seems to be dealing with things much better so that I can focus on the task at hand: living for as long as possible.

Scanning my vision across the calendar, there’s a picture of a cartoon marathon runner on Saturday’s square. I sigh. I want to cry. The thought of never completing the half-marathon I’ve trained so hard for is harsh, but as I keep reminding Will, it is what it is. I can’t change what is happening to me, so I need to bury my disappointments and focus on the gifts I’m being given—my baby and more time with the ones I love.

Dropping the phone onto the bed, I go back to what I was doing: sorting through a mountain of my photographs. They’re scattered over the entire king-sized mattress, all but a small area where I sit. So many memories. Time has sure gone fast. When I was a child I thought growing up was going to take forever and a day. Well, that was until I was fully grown. It’s silly now, in hindsight. Being a kid was much easier and so much more fun compared to adulting.

Picking up a portrait photograph of Willard and me sitting by our now infamous tree, not long after Will’s family moved in next door, I trace my fingers across the slightly faded colours before closing my eyes.

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