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238.→Husband Journey: Big Steps (16. With a Touch of Migraine)

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Robert and his sister Wendy ca. 1953     Here I am after over a week’s hiatus facing an empty page. Empty pages are the black holes that absorb my anxiety, thus, the words begin to fill. As Lila says in Elena Ferrante’s book, My Brilliant Friend, I have a bucket of words in my head and I pull them out. This morning I avoided the bucket of words and fell into the bucket of tears. I don’t do that often but it was necessary. As a migraine sufferer who rarely feels pain but has the other mysterious trappings, I … Continue reading →

Day By Day: We Are Never Over the Events of The Past

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Starvation.   It is 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 1, 2020. I am standing in front of the deli counter at Marino’s Market. My son is waiting in the car for me to come out with a load of groceries. We have just come from my mother’s apartment where Candy has greeted me. I have come to get my mother’s wheel chair. For my husband. My mother is bedridden and in and out of reality. My husband has a double MRI appointment the following day and I fear that he will not be able to walk from the car to … Continue reading →