My Heart Skipped in the Recovery Room
“Yeah. I guess I did. And maybe that’s why… I notice things now.
Little details. Little gestures. Maybe it’s because I always had to look closer when I was younger, to catch what wasn’t said out loud.”
I swallowed, my heart warming.
That subtle attention,
the way he always saw me, the little things he never missed,my hair, my perfume, the way I get quiet when I’m tired, and it makes sense now.
The quiet patience,
the care, the way he never pushed.
It all had roots I hadn’t imagined,
places it came from. “You know,” he continued, voice softer now,
“I didn’t talk about this with many people. Not really. It’s hard to trust someone enough to share it, to let them see the edges.”
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