All My Children

I am sitting on a chair in the hospital. My Mom is lying to my right asleep and my grandma is lying to my left asleep. All My Children is on the tv, my grandma's favorite show. She has been watching it everyday for almost 40 years. It has been several years since I have watched All My Children, so most of the the characters who were children six years ago are now shriveled up and old. In this episode, a character named Reese has been blinded in some sort of accident. She has gauze over her eyes. She also seems to be going through a sexual identity crisis and her parents keep telling her to do what Simon says and Simon says she is straight. Another character is in the hospital after apparently being poisoned. It appears Pine Valley has seen a lot of changes since I last tuned in, but it's the same old drama.

The machine behind my head is making a lot of noise. I don't know what it is, I guess it keeps track of my grandma's pulse and something else. I timed it and it makes a honky noise every 15 seconds. In-between the mechanical honky noises, are the snores of my mom and grandma. Breathing, the signs of life are music to my ears.