Find a Place for Me

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The first time that I heard a version of this story was when I had the opportunity to hear Fagan read her poems “While Your Husband Is Still Able to Stand” and “Doorbell Advised” at an event. However, there is the story—and then there is The Story. Find a Place for Meis The Story. Early on in Find......more

When most people receive a terminal diagnosis, their focus becomes Death. They may be consumed with sadness, fear, regret. Not Bob. His sincere wish was to spend his final months living the best he could. His wife, Deirdre, accompanies him on this journey toward his end of life by helping him laugh,......more

via my blog: [URL not allowed] 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒐𝒃, 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒃’𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. “Till death do us part” seems like an insignificant saying when you first......more

I was understandably afraid to read this because I'm living with ALS myself, and I know how it ends. But the only tears I felt welling were from the touching relationship between Bob and Deirdre. More specifically, Bob's words of encouragement to Deirdre, building her up with the goal (his goal for......more