Rip-Tides and Undercurrents.
Rip-Tides and Undercurrents
Rip-Tides and Undercurrents.
Month: March 2014
Rip-Tides and Undercurrents
Until I was 33 years old, I lived no farther from the Pacific ocean than about five miles. As a child, since bio-dad was a beach-loving athlete of a cop, I spent every other weekend at the beach, my skin the color of bronze and my hair streaked white from sun and salt. Sun, sand, the …
A Remarkably Good Visit: a Gem in the Midst of Alzheimer’s
“Boy am I glad to see you!” This was an unexpectedly cheerful greeting from Mary, along with a bright smile and a wave of her amethyst-be-ringed hand. Ducking his head under the EXIT sign at the juncture of hallways, Mary’s youngest son smiled too. In the two years I’d been coming with him to visit, …
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