Pop and Circumstance: The First Time

“CAN’T SEE THE NET OF NETFLIX, BABE. I’M HAVING A STROKE. WE NEED TO GO TO THE ER.” I yelled to my boyfriend. I couldn’t believe it. We rushed to the ER where we learned I indeed had a fresh bleed 30 days after my grandmother had had hers during the holidays. Granny didn’t make it. Would I? My family had been THROUGH IT. Our family friend and grandmother had both tragically passed from brain assaults. My predicament echoed my granny’s path. A stroke then an extended hospital stay. Granny couldn’t speak or swallow and was going to be placed in a long-term facility. That truly could have been…