Summary
Two-and-a-half years ago, my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I got the news the night I arrived back in Dubuque after earning my graduate degree in Minnesota.
I remember sitting on the couch that first night home, noticing how different my parents looked from the picture of them I'd been holding in my mind for three years and feeling like the exalted daughter returned for a moment.See the full content of this document
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Staying Grounded During Unsettled Times
I was changed, too, speaking with a barely-there Minnesota "o." I was eating a powdered doughnut but didn't get more than three bites in before the n...
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