Three facts and one fiction
Olena was holding the cat tight, as the flurry devil wanted to get out and made every effort to get free. Houdini got out from the war zone. She had been living with the soldiers at the block post near Mariupol for 3 months and had seen shelling and bombing, bullets flying in her direction, as well as the kindness and tenderness of those rough people who first found her, still a kitten, and shared milk and meat with her. When the block post had to be moved, the soldiers posted in Facebook asking if someone wanted to adopt a pretty creature from the frontlines. Half a day in a train first East, and then back home - and she became the owner of the headstrong, but amazingly trusting feline who has seen it all.
One fact and three fictions
My mother has Alzheimer and she lives with us - “us” meaning me and my granddaughter who lives here as much as she does with her parents. Mom has all her life been a gentle person, and even sickness has not transformed her much. Dasha doesn’t mind staying for a while with her Big Grandma, organizing tea parties with her and lulling her dolls to sleep with the big childlike adult. Sometimes I hear Dasha tell my mom some terrific story, mostly fictitious, and while my mom sits quietly, Dasha imagines her questions and develops an imagined conversation.
Once I left them for 40 minutes to buy groceries from the store around the corner and got caught in a queue. When I hurried home, my heart was pounding with apprehension. I opened the front door and see them both in the living room, ready for a tea party: my mom with a gaudy makeup and green manicure done by the little stylist who looked fashionably alike. Worry mixed with anger flooded me and I almost shouted at Dasha, when Mom - who was obviously quite lucid now - patted me on the back and said, “We’ve had such a lovely time. Let it be”. So we had a pretend tea together while I was staring at their colorful mugs and felt the worry melt into bliss and tearful gratefulness.
Next morning my mom died. We didn’t remove her green nail polish.
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