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Frances's avatar

This is so beautiful and heart-wrenching. Thank you. The art of noticing and giving voice to a stranger is ultimate kindness.

Frances

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Terje D. Bergersen's avatar

Thank you for sharing, Joe. Again. You see living people. That’s a rare gift.

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Apis Dea's avatar

This is poignant and hits close to home. Was it devastating to write?

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Joe Nichols's avatar

No. It was to watch. Not as bad to write. It was like an exhale after holding my breath

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Francesca Bossert's avatar

This is one of the most beautiful things I have read in a very long time. Amazing sensitive writing. Thsnk you.

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Richard Walter's avatar

Joe I was clutching my coffee with you this morning while reading this. I just went through this with moving my Mother into a care home. The box marked photos I took home with me for there was no room for them in her new place.

The tears and smiles came through the pages or should I say ages. The old black and white photos moving into colour. Yes even the crooked ties. ✌️❤️

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Old People Adventures's avatar

Absolutely magnificent. A glimpse into heaven. Bittersweet of course but also truly an honorific of the man and the absent woman. I can see the coat.

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Anne Johnson's avatar

Beautiful. And still the secret of the story behind their story will never be known.

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Wendy  Gray's avatar

I can't even see through the wet to write response. Heartbreakingly beautiful, Joe. In midst of a horrendous storm, you set out buckets and caught the rain. Oh, my heart.....

Many blessings and MUCH LOVE,

~Wendy💜

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