We All Fall Down: The True Story of the 9/11 Surfer by Buzzelli Pasquale & Bittick Joseph M. & Buzzelli Louise

Author:Buzzelli, Pasquale & Bittick, Joseph M. & Buzzelli, Louise [Buzzelli, Pasquale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-04T05:00:00+00:00

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After her first year at Berklee, Louise was excelling in the classroom, boasting a near-perfect grade point average and a budding skill at the piano. When she returned home for the summer, her mother had a gift waiting for her.

“Louise! Oh my God, I have missed you so much!” Josephine hugged her. “Your father and I are so happy to have you home. I want you to tell me everything that has happened since we last talked. But first, I have a present for you. Close your eyes!”

“What are you talking about, Mom?” Louise asked.

“You will see soon enough. Now listen to me and just close your eyes!” Josephine told her, trying her best to look stern in spite of the huge, telling smile on her face.

Louise did as she was told, and her mother led her by the hand into their apartment. “Can I open my eyes now?” Louise asked when they stopped.

“Not yet. Give me one second.” Josephine let go of her daughter’s hand and, after a moment, said, “Okay! Open your eyes.”

“Oh my goodness, Ma! What did you do?!” Louise exclaimed when she saw it. There, right in front of her and behind her mother was a breathtakingly beautiful white piano. “Mom, how did you manage…how did you get this? It is so beautiful!”

“Don’t you worry about how I managed to get it. You just worry about playing it for me!” Josephine motioned for Louise to sit at the piano, and she did as she was asked.

Louise spent most of the summer on that bench, playing for her mother on those pristine ivory keys. No matter how much she played, Josephine never grew tired of it. There was no way Josephine could have known at the time, but far more than a gift to brighten her home, her daughter’s eyes, and her own ears, she was providing Louise with a tool that she would later use to cope with the fallout of 9/11—a tool Louise would later rediscover with her own daughter.

That summer was full of wonderful memories, memories of Louise’s mother that she would forever cherish. Unfortunately, as beautiful as the memories and music were while the months waned on, they were not enough to ward off the relentless cancer, and Josephine’s condition only worsened.

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