After the funeral and my older sister returned to college, mom asked me to spend the next couple of nights with her in bed to help “ease her transition.” The first night, we both had some wine talked about dad, their life together, and she confessed to me that they had wanted to have more children after the war, but that after her second miscarriage they heard the word that was spreading from other vets about Agent Orange and stopped trying. xxx 18 She said that she had already prepared the family for her coming pregnancy, and they had all accepted her story that it was dad’s last, dying gift to her. When we got up to retire for the night,
Mom reminded me to join her after I got dressed for bed.
Actors:
Elizabeth Marquez / Pablito
