Cold Comfort
Lizzy will never break a bone, pull a muscle, or throw out her back.
Lizzy will never have a best friend betray her.
Lizzy will never slam the door in my face and say, “I hate you, Mom!”
Lizzy will never smoke cigarettes, try drugs, or become an alcoholic.
Lizzy will never have her heart broken.
Lizzy will never have an existential crisis.
Lizzy will never get divorced.
Lizzy will never sin.
Lizzy will never get cancer.
Lizzy will never have a miscarriage.
Lizzy will not have to watch me die if I get cancer.
Lizzy will not have to bury me.
Lizzy will never have to watch her child die.