Month: April 2008
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With Each Heart Beat
My father’s illness is complicated. The doctors and nurses are amazed how he has survived this long. My father though far from going home is off the breathing…
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Missing Croissants and More
A taste of France would surely do me good. But since that is not going to happen anytime soon I will have to settle on emails, odd hour phone calls and photos stored on…
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April 11th 1927
Happy 81st Birthday Dad! The doctor asked my mother how we planned to celebrate my father’s birthday. My…
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Pink Tulips
Be gentle April showers, The sweet petals are born. Frail tenderness reaching with hope to sway, to dance and stay- reaching up, reaching up… in praise of a new day. A few links of pretty things to say thank you…
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Sleeping Beauty
After months of not sleeping more than a few hours a day my father slept 12 hours with only a few brief interruptions. I took comfort listening to him sleeping deeply and started to smile– then at the same moment…