The Reminder of a True Love

Kara stands in line at the Pioneer Theatre waiting for the doors to open at seven o’clock for the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra. She holds her new pride and joy baby boy, Andrew, close to her body. It helps that he is tightly wrapped up in his new baby sling, keeping him nice and close to his entire world of a mother. Glancing around at the other people standing in line with her she notices an older couple slightly glaring in her direction. A bit confused, Kara quickly turns away from their tight looks. Faintly, but loud enough, she hears that same couple say to each other, “Is she seriously bringing a baby to a symphony? She really should not have come with a baby that will be screaming and disturbing every single person here to enjoy the music!” Baffled and hurt by their words that she knew they meant for her to hear, she slowly drops her head down to her precious son that lay tight against her body and gently brushes her finger on his delicate cheek.

Seven o’clock finally comes around she enters the Pioneer Theatre Concert Hall and is immediately reminded of why she had come tonight. A feeling of loss and love overwhelm her and at that very same moment Andrew starts to make a bit of a fuss in her arms. Taking Andrew out of his comforting baby sling she holds Andrew close to her and lightly pats the small of his back. She finally finds her seat in the general admission section and sits down in the red velvet chairs. Settling Andrew upright on her lap she bounces him slowly to distract him from being so fussy. Out of no where the concert hall lights dim and a thin beautiful woman walks onto the stage and welcomes the crowd and explains that the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will start in just five minutes.

Still bouncing Andrew on her knee, Kara notices yet another couple staring at her a few rows to the right of her. Sighing at their looks, she knows what they must be saying to each other– exactly what the couple in line said earlier. She glances down at her baby boy, at his round blue eyes and perky pink lips and sadness starts to overflow her mood. She quietly tells Andrew, “People just don’t understand. Andrew, you are all I have now, and you are my love and my life. You are so well behaved and I feel honored that you have the same love for classical music as I do and as your father did as well. You would have loved your father…we met at this very concert hall and just fell more and more in love with each other each time we enjoyed a concert together. You have his eyes and his beautiful lips…Your father would have loved nothing more than to be here with you and I right now in this very concert hall.”

With tears swelling up in her green eyes, she picks up her baby boy and holds him close, kissing his delicate cheeks, ignoring the glances from the couple a few rows away. She has nothing but the happiest and loving memories of her husband, Drew. She lost Drew just weeks after she found out she was pregnant. It’s been a year now and she couldn’t be happier holding their baby boy so close to her, a piece of Drew that she will always hold dear. As the red curtains slowly pull away from each other and the orchestra starts their first piece of music, Kara is overwhelmed with memories of her true love and smiles as she imagines him sitting there in those red velvet seats next to her and their son taking in the beauty of the orchestra.

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