MEMOIR

The Death of Anger and the Birth of Forgiveness

My mother’s journey to recovery

Photo by Mattéo Fromy on Unsplash

After being in a coma for three days in the intensive care unit, my mother slowly regained consciousness. With eyebrows scrunched together and eyes partially opened she tried to focus. She looked around the hospital room, first at me and then at my sister, trying to comprehend where she was and…