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Deanna Hershiser's avatar

It's different but similar for me with my mom right now. Thanks for wording it, Tom; I have no time to do so.

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Tom Titus's avatar

I understand. I was ensconced in a hospital room!

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Marina Richie's avatar

Reading "Her Dreams" this morning by our woodstove, I am once again drawn to your evocative images--these expressing an epistle of love for your mother, and that place of limbo--caught between the "drip of needled forests" and the "strictly vertical"...walls. Thank you, and I'm so glad to hear she is taking steps on her own. Dignity.

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Tom Titus's avatar

Thank you, Marina! Thankfully we have left hospital limbo-land and are on to rehab.

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Cathy Ward's avatar

"The accumulated agitation of 87 years seems to bleed out in her dreams. She has fought for dignity most of her life, fen ding off assailants both real and imagined." Amazing, Tom. I witnessed something eerily similar, I'm sure many have. Yet only you could capture it so clearly and eloquently. - CW

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Tom Titus's avatar

I'm fighting, too. Maybe we all are.

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Cathy Ward's avatar

That was from me, Cathy 😊.

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Cathy Ward's avatar

Beautiful, Tom.

You are a good son. I’m hoping you can find your way into a routine which includes some rest!

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Kaja M's avatar

My heart is with you and your family Tom.

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Tom Titus's avatar

Thank you Kaja!

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Kaja M's avatar

Is everything okay Tom?

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Tom Titus's avatar

She has moved to a rehab facility. The next steps are her own, literally and metaphorically.

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Kaja M's avatar

I need to get your new book, I might have it sent to my son and he can bring it to Italy for me, that's if covid lets us meet in Italy, I'm starting to worry,

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Tom Titus's avatar

Life is so uncertain right now.

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