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Don’t Let Me Walk Alone

When the sundown comes, don’t let me walk alone. Memories begin to fade, flaking away like ash blowing before the flame. Sparks of fear rise, burning against the night sky. Fragments, they are. Flickering, untethered, soon to burn out and fall to the earth in a cold gray rain. Don’t let me walk alone, she […]

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Sunflowers

This morning we drove over to a local flower farm, where Alli and Barb picked sunflowers and chatted a bit with the farmer. It was a nice break from the daily grind of medications and catheters. We walked among the flowers for a good while. I chased butterflies, attempting to get a good photo of […]

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Overnight

The video is grainy and has a low frame rate, resulting in jerky, poorly tracked motions, but the action is easy to follow as GG slithers down to the foot of her bed, slides out past the roll bars, and shuffles towards the bathroom door. We would be proud of her for moving so quickly […]