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_clairemarie11 Just a girl and her daddy👧+👨=💖
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2 weeks later, February 10th
Claire's POV
*sigh* I didn't want this day to come. I didn't want her life to end. I didn't want to see her take her last breath... But I did.
I got the phone call this morning. My mom, the person who was there for me when she didn't have to be, has very tragically passed away.
Those are the hardest phone call a person could hear. So I'll just tell the story how I remember it...
This morning
I woke up at around 7:45. Haven was screaming on the top of her lungs like she does when I don't get up right away. She had a little bit of a cold, but it wasn't anything too much. Zealand was awake and playing on his tablet. I told him if he woke up before me and sissy, he could play with it until we woke up.
I brought Haven down stairs and set her in the high chair and gave her some oatmeal. I was making Zealand some toast for breakfast when I got a phone call. I wash my hands off and pick the phone up. It was Alice and she crying
"Alice, what's wrong?" I ask her and it takes her a little bit to answer
"Mom had a heart attack and she's at the hospital" Alice says between tears.
"Which hospital?" I ask, getting the kids into their jackets and shoes on
"The one nearby" she says "I don't know the name" she admits and I hang up.
I rush the kids to the car and get in. I drive to the hospital and rush inside. I set Zealand and Haven in seats and ask to see my mom.
"I'm sorry, but you're already too late" the nurse says and I start crying "she passed away about 10 minutes ago" she adds and I look down
"This can't be happening" I say and she looks at me
"I'm so sorry" she says
"Its ok, can you point me to the room?" I ask and she points
"Just down the hall to the left" she says and I smile
"Thank you" I grab Zealand's hand and pick Haven up and we rush to her room. I put the kids down and I see Alice and I hug her tight "its gonna be ok" I tell her as we both cry in each other's arms. Scott comes out of the room and I hug him tightly too and he cries too.
I didn't know what to do. What do I do with the kids? I can't just leave them here. I didn't have enough room in my house to have them live there. I didn't know what to do, but I promised they would be ok. I was gonna figure out what to do.
I decided to bring them to my house until I figured out what to do. I got all their stuff out of mom's house and moved it to my house and put them in the guest bedroom.
I wasn't leaving them. Not after what happened. Alice was only 11 and Scott was 7. They were so young, they didn't know what to do after that... and to be honest, neither did I. My mom was the kindest person on this earth. She accepted me even after I told her I was pregnant. She loved me and helped me raise my son until I moved out. This was the second hardest death I've ever dealt with. That was my mother. The person who knew me best. She walked me down the aisle at my wedding. I loved her so much and I can't imagine living without her... But it looks like that will be happening.
