As Chad and I were driving to the location where we were to meet Joanna and Mose, I told him that I wish I could get rid of the nerves I feel before meeting people for the very first time. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve done it or how many people I’ve had...
We plan vacations and date nights. We save nickels and dimes for a special outing or a surprise trip. We put dates on a calendar and we let the anticipation build. We plan the details and dance from excitement to stress as we await the big moments to arrive. Summer break. Spring break. Christmas. Vacation....
I’m sitting in a room surrounded by strangers. Some of them are patients, others are, like me, family members of patients. My brother and sister are there, too. It feels like a dream. Is this happening? Is this my life? Is this my family? My Mom is sitting in the middle of the small...
I pull on my shoes and bend down to tie them while two puppies, creatures of habit, sit at my feet staring at me curiously. It’s still dark out–this isn’t our routine. I pull on my coat and look out into the darkness through the front window, waiting for Chad’s headlights to to turn onto...
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