Shonda has a distinct perfume. It smells like vanilla muffins and chocolate icing. She smells like the warmest, kindest and happiest mom in the world because that's who she is. She was born to be a mom and she always made it look like taking care of her kids and even my own, was the easiest thing to do in the world.
So before the nurse even announced that I had a visitor, I knew it was her. I caught a whiff of that amazing perfume of hers.
I heard her slow and determined footsteps make their way inside my room and I wished, I wished with all my heart, that I had my eyes back just one last time so that I could see my best friend.
"I came to tell you the kids are taken care of." She took a deep, shaky breath. "But knowing you, you probably haven't even thought about them all this time.
Aksara