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  • Living Dead

    The doctors and I have an understanding. We say things like, well, your treatment options are narrowing or to mix things up, we tell her, we’ll have to wait and see what the test results say. We do not say, your life options are limited.   We do not tell her she’s more likely to…

  • 12/12/06, with edits, as yet untitled.

    Estelle parked her walker, sat on the couch, and died. That’s the story. She was born, she lived, and she died. Still.   Yesterday had been a little better to Estelle.  Her head didn’t hurt so much, and her skin didn’t droop so low.  Her voice didn’t shake and could be heard over the air…