Tag Archives: suffering

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Amy Getter

We marveled that he was still breathing, this shell of a person who had been dying for so, so long. His wife had told him-days ago- it was time to go, she loved him and would miss him, but she would be … Continue reading →

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TRAVAIL

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Amy Getter

I was jokingly told this quote last week: “Man is the head…..but woman is the neck and she can turn the head anyway she wants.”* For Bob, this is no joke, but his daily reality: his wife moves his head for … Continue reading →

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