The Mom is staggering between denial, hopes, pride, fears and reality.
denial (she doesn't bother further with digging into details - behind closed doors/eyes she couldn't hear or see the bargains on what her bet will be; and this line: "I knew it was a dream right away" as if this nightmare can't be true),
hopes (cuz she knew it all the while that she'll be ok anyway),
pride (she needs to resist, she needs to believe that she still runs the show - that it is HER who planned to retire SOME day, she planned to go out in style, no matter what),
fears (she goes emotional about her kids, as she fears for their future and strenght to cope with reality)
reality (she has to make real choices - "The doctor he asked which way we were headed" and she chooses not to do it, she heads west to the sunset of her life).
The death bed is her limo, where all of her kids are having a moment with her. Even though she's tripping (...when she woke up of THE dream, she called the limo company and the DOCTOR asked which way to drive), the reality blends with her hallucinations: this shit is really making her tired, she'd rather hallucinate she is going out in style, while her "kids were being quiet" watching her in her bed getting ready for her last trip. She captures image of each of them for eternity (Sophie with her eager to learn; Michael with his loving innocent heart; Jaqueline with her strenght and independence; and Barbara who took after the previous generation and will probably have a kid herself that will be just like her mom); she dies but she'll live in and through them.
Both, chimo and a limo are expensive - unluckly, the Benjamin-Frlanklins can't do much for her now, but ironically the ones from her insurance will be there to babysit all four of her kids now ...
The Mom is staggering between denial, hopes, pride, fears and reality.
denial (she doesn't bother further with digging into details - behind closed doors/eyes she couldn't hear or see the bargains on what her bet will be; and this line: "I knew it was a dream right away" as if this nightmare can't be true),
hopes (cuz she knew it all the while that she'll be ok anyway),
pride (she needs to resist, she needs to believe that she still runs the show - that it is HER who planned to retire SOME day, she planned to go out in style, no matter what),
fears (she goes emotional about her kids, as she fears for their future and strenght to cope with reality)
reality (she has to make real choices - "The doctor he asked which way we were headed" and she chooses not to do it, she heads west to the sunset of her life).
The death bed is her limo, where all of her kids are having a moment with her. Even though she's tripping (...when she woke up of THE dream, she called the limo company and the DOCTOR asked which way to drive), the reality blends with her hallucinations: this shit is really making her tired, she'd rather hallucinate she is going out in style, while her "kids were being quiet" watching her in her bed getting ready for her last trip. She captures image of each of them for eternity (Sophie with her eager to learn; Michael with his loving innocent heart; Jaqueline with her strenght and independence; and Barbara who took after the previous generation and will probably have a kid herself that will be just like her mom); she dies but she'll live in and through them. Both, chimo and a limo are expensive - unluckly, the Benjamin-Frlanklins can't do much for her now, but ironically the ones from her insurance will be there to babysit all four of her kids now ...