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Just A Box Of Rain

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17. My friend was one of the most vibrant and active people I've ever known.

Tue May 2, 2023, 09:35 PM

May 2023

Her large garden around her home was her passion. But she'd begun falling. I--being big, strong, and highly willing to help--would go over in the middle of the night to get her up off the floor, as her elderly husband was unable to do so.

The last time she fell she fractured her hip. Not bad enough to need a hip replacement, but bad enough that the family decided it was time to give up their gracious home and move into assisted living.

The only mixed "blessing" has been that she's been experiencing creeping dementia along with the Parkinson's, so losing her home/garden has been far less painful for her than it would have been otherwise.

A strange sort of "gift" to be sure. Life can be complicated.

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