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> My purpose in writing this living will is to provide guidance as to my desires in the event of my illness or disability such that I become unable to manage my affairs or make known my desires and wishes … Continue reading →

> One morning many years ago while lying in bed, I felt a lump in my breast. It had not been there before, and it did not feel normal to me. I decided that it was cancer. After all, my … Continue reading →

> She enters the house on wingsaiming to land discreetlyamong the flocks of motherslovers, neighbors, sons. She carries buckets, dressings, diapers.Ready to lay bare with a soft approach.Gathering offerings, blending with soap,sips of water, quiet touch. They need knowledge of … Continue reading →

>She was 36, by far the youngest in the assisted living facility. She was everybody’s “pet” driving her motor chair in a zig-zag path down the corridor, stopping to personally greet each old woman or man along the way. I … Continue reading →

>She was admitted to the hospital just before Christmas after swallowing a lethal dose of Tylenol, but she survived with medical intervention. Her reason? She was tired of being chronically sick, worried about her impaired mobility, afraid that she would … Continue reading →

>The house was dark and cluttered, close to what I would have to call dirty, smelled of cigarettes and fried fish. Her partner told me she hadn’t really woken up all day, but I was welcome to try to waken … Continue reading →

> We talked about her pain. An old pain from a ulnar fracture when she was ten. The new pain in her belly from pancreatic cancer. Pains in-between. Small heaps of pain, if she separated them into categories: physical, emotional, … Continue reading →

> He was a drifter sort of guy. He mentions fishing boats and lumber yards, an estranged wife and grandchildren that he adores, but never gets to see. He is thought to be a problem because he comes to emergency … Continue reading →

> I find it upsetting that geese are being labeled combatants in the plane crash in NYC yesterday. Even NPR was calling it a “double bird strike”. Did the birds attack the plane? I hardly think so. Did they even … Continue reading →

> If we could explain life, we could explain death. Mostly we take life for granted and deny death. But in rare exquisite moments when we see life for the miracle it truly is, it becomes possible to imagine death. … Continue reading →