Tracey Segarra

Hi, I say, it's Tracy. Hi, she says. I miss you, I say. I miss you too, she says. And just like that, it's over. We never discuss it. We just step over that time in our lives as if it never happened. And over the next seven years, she becomes my second mother. In 2011, Rita passes away. And I miss her. I miss her every day. But I think about what we almost missed.

Hi, I say, it's Tracy. Hi, she says. I miss you, I say. I miss you too, she says. And just like that, it's over. We never discuss it. We just step over that time in our lives as if it never happened. And over the next seven years, she becomes my second mother. In 2011, Rita passes away. And I miss her. I miss her every day. But I think about what we almost missed.

Like that time when the girls were five and they had their first and only ballet recital where they proved that they are much more adept at pratfalls than graceful pirouettes. Or the time when they were eight and we told ghost stories around the fireplace. And you know, I know I would have been justified all those years ago in keeping Rita out of my life.

Like that time when the girls were five and they had their first and only ballet recital where they proved that they are much more adept at pratfalls than graceful pirouettes. Or the time when they were eight and we told ghost stories around the fireplace. And you know, I know I would have been justified all those years ago in keeping Rita out of my life.

Like that time when the girls were five and they had their first and only ballet recital where they proved that they are much more adept at pratfalls than graceful pirouettes. Or the time when they were eight and we told ghost stories around the fireplace. And you know, I know I would have been justified all those years ago in keeping Rita out of my life.

What she did was hurtful and cruel, and it was wrong. But in the end, I decided I didn't want to stand on my principles if it meant I had to stand there all alone. At the end of her life, I go to visit Rita, because I need to tell her how much she meant to me and what an impact she had on my life.

What she did was hurtful and cruel, and it was wrong. But in the end, I decided I didn't want to stand on my principles if it meant I had to stand there all alone. At the end of her life, I go to visit Rita, because I need to tell her how much she meant to me and what an impact she had on my life.

What she did was hurtful and cruel, and it was wrong. But in the end, I decided I didn't want to stand on my principles if it meant I had to stand there all alone. At the end of her life, I go to visit Rita, because I need to tell her how much she meant to me and what an impact she had on my life.

And she tries to say something back, but she's wearing an oxygen mask, and it's really difficult to understand her, and then the moment's just gone. So I don't know what she wanted to tell me, but I'd like to think that it was some variation of, I love you so much, I just want to punch you.

And she tries to say something back, but she's wearing an oxygen mask, and it's really difficult to understand her, and then the moment's just gone. So I don't know what she wanted to tell me, but I'd like to think that it was some variation of, I love you so much, I just want to punch you.

And she tries to say something back, but she's wearing an oxygen mask, and it's really difficult to understand her, and then the moment's just gone. So I don't know what she wanted to tell me, but I'd like to think that it was some variation of, I love you so much, I just want to punch you.