Inspired by photograph 2
In Grandmas point of view
The day that Jeff lost Lucy was also the day he became a Daddy again. To be honest, we didn't expect Lucy to die. It hit Jeff really hard and it took him months to start being a Daddy to his little boys again. So I am going to take you back to that very day.
It started first thing that morning when Jeff took himself off to work; Lucy had called me over, so I could give her a hand with looking after the boys. I got there about lunchtime, and told Lucy to go and have herself a bath while I got the boys lunches ready for them. When we had found out that there was another baby on the way. Lucy had had me coming over every weekend to give her a hand.
While Lucy was having the bath, her waters broke. I told Scott to keep an eye on the other three for me while I checked on Lucy. She had left the bath door unlocked in case she needed me, which turned out to be a good thing. I ran up the stairs and then had to call for help.
While Lucy was on her way to the hospital, I made a phone call to Jeff. What luck, his phone was on. Usually he had it turned off in meetings. I just told him that the boys and I were heading up to the hospital and to meet us there. It took about half an hour to get the boys ready and into the car, by the time we got there, Jeff was already there and in with Lucy. It took nearly three hours before Jeff appeared and I knew instantly that something had gone wrong.
"Jeff, what's wrong?" I asked my only son. I got the idea that he didn't want to tell me in front of the boys. The nurse that came in with Jeff agreed to stay with the them, while I took Jeff outside for a chat. Once we got outside, Jeff looked me in the eyes.
"I lost her Mom; she died giving birth to Alan. How am I going to cope with bringing up four children and a baby? I know that I won't be able to cope, not without Lucy."
As Jeff was talking to me I saw a picture on the wall in the hallway of a man or woman's hand touching a baby's hand. I know that Jeff will get through this, he has to for his boys and Alan.
"Jeff, you are going to get through this, do you see that picture there on the wall? What does it mean to you now, Jeff?"
I had to find a way of telling Jeff that he would manage.
"It tells me that I can do this, that Lucy would want me to love all my boys including Alan for her." Said Jeff, as he answered my questions.
After talking to him some more, we made our way back to the waiting room to see that the boys were all happily playing together on the floor. It was really hard telling Scott, John and Virgil that Mommy wasn't coming home. Gordon was too young to understand any of this and poor Alan is missing out on having a mother at all. I will do my best to help Jeff out and love those boys for Lucy.
The end