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This world of grief that I am living in gives me, I suppose, a taste of what it must be like for Alzheimer patients. I am forgetting regular normal things that I never forget. Yesterday, I was supposed to mail … Continue reading →

Though it seems impossible to believe now, it was only five weeks before Abraham’s beatdown that I made the decision to adopt “Ted” as his grandfather. I would not have had the strength to make that decision after Abe’s death, … Continue reading →

Abrahams’s death – and no, I still am not ready to accept it – has impacted for the worst my memory, my concentration, and my ability to focus on what I need to do.  Last week, I was an hour … Continue reading →

I read a letter written to our family the other day from the 24 year old girl who got one of Abraham’s kidneys. I wrote back to her yesterday. It’s all anonymous and it’s all through the donor network.  She’d … Continue reading →

We have, of course, received dozens of sympathy cards since Abraham’s death. I had them sitting on my desk for a few days because I didn’t know what to do with them.  I decided last week though to hang them … Continue reading →

I am trying to work.  I found out about Abe’s beating later in the day on August 9th, and, obviously, my work has been impacted since that day. Monday and Tuesday I mostly did nothing. although I wrote the last … Continue reading →

Abraham was finally disconnected from the machines early Friday morning (see note). and they took the organs they could use.  His liver went to a fifty one year old man; one kidney went to a twenty four year old woman; … Continue reading →