I found this little passage at the beginning of the latest Sharon McCone mystery by Marcia Muller. I couldn’t find any other information about it, but I wanted to share it here because it so perfectly captures what so many of us live with every day.
“Trying Desperately”
“What do you know about it?”
he sneered. “You’ve never
worked.” He added, “Unless
you’re going to count
those four months you worked
as a telephone solicitor.”
My eyes narrowed. “Three,”
I said. “It was only for
three months.” I added,
“Work is what you do
when everything depends
on what you do.” Calmly,
I listed my qualifications:
“Nine weeks in a coma,
seven months in hospitals,
five operations,
two crushed knees,
brain damage that resulted
in a stroke, seven pelvic
fractures-and I still
carried a baby to term.”
Quietly I added, “I work more
in an hour than you do
in a day. Trying desperately
to stay on my feet. Trying
desperately to not snarl
my words. Trying desperately
to be normal.”
-Kit Knight
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