Give Me Back Yesterday

Give me back yesterday. I want to change something. Not a big change but a little something. Give me a little more time with my mother in our first talk since her death in 2000: a little more time to comfort my child whose arms are wrapped tightly around me as she makes her life's journey. Give me back the time spent in my doctor’s office and the time spent scheduling diagnostic imaging in search of the unknown. Give me back the energy to match my courage today.