When she would talk about her mother, br it was as though there were another person in the room br br She could see her mother in her mind; br It was as if my grandmother was dancing across the kitchen floor br br It was as if she were talking about an imaginary person br who was not in the room br br Her mother was in her mind br br My mother was standing on the kitchen floor, cleaning a glass, and thinking of my grandmother br br I could see it through the silencebr br Samuel Stuart Pennellbr br