Patricija is counting.
\nAfter checking what the two numbers carved on the tombstones mean, she loudly announces the \u201cresults\u201d:<\/p>\n
Here 90, over there 95, here less luck 87\u2014
\nshe\u2019s reciting the years lived by people now at rest.<\/p>\n
Suddenly she stops.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s obvious she\u2019s recounting:<\/p>\n
\u201c20?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, is this not a mistake?\u201d she pokes with her little finger.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo mistake\u2026\u201d I sigh.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo young people just die, and they bring them here, and bury them like the old ones?\u201d<\/p>\n
I nod in agreement, explaining that against incurable illnesses and accidents, we\u2019re all equal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s impossible not to die at all, I\u2019d like to die really old,\u201d she finally says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll do my best,\u201d I quietly promise.<\/p>\n
And she hugs me very tightly.
\nSqueezing my hands, it seems she also squeezes my heart.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s hug in our thoughts the loved ones who have gone,
\nAnd hold close those who must stay here.
\nNo exceptions.<\/p>\n
Mua,
\nV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-17767","istorija","type-istorija","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija\/17767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/istorija"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/istorija"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viktorijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}