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• Twin-to-twin transfusion meant that one of the babies was dominating the food and blood supply, hogging the placenta, and gaining weight, while the other was gradually growing weaker.
• “I just have this feeling like someone’s not here yet.”
• “Our apartment isn’t as noisy as it wants to be.” We did the math, and it all added up to Esmé.
• Strangely, I can relate Parkinson’s to this; it’s another way the disease has been a gift (albeit a gift that keeps on taking). The deliberation with which I approach each day, each second, each movement, each intention—can literally slow me down to a crawl. All of those seconds, all of those minutes, are considered; I have a mini-conversation with...
• We prepare our children to go off to school, and then they have the nerve to actually leave.