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The love that never dies

It doesn’t appear that my mom will make her 101st birthday on May 8th. She’s receiving hospice care in her home in Monmouth, Oregon, and I’m here with my older sister, Marcia. I came across an old black-and-white photo of the three of us from around 65 years ago, and I placed it alongside one …

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you lose every battle you don’t know you’re in

I met a man this morning who had a deer-in-the-headlights gaze and stuttered to speak. He choked out an apocalyptic scenario of our country’s inevitable destruction at the hands of our political, racial, environmental, and medical crises.   It was early.   The man’s dire assessment set my stomach roiling and knees trembling. I had …

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