by Kimn Swenson Gollnick “Can you come with me?” my mother’s tearful voice asked over the phone. “Grandpa’s dying.”The hospital had sent her father home with medication to make him as comfortable as possible. My aunt and cousin had already moved in with him to provide around-the-clock care. My mother felt she should be…
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All the King’s Men
by Douglas Raymond Rose A rainy day in Texas. The winter wind blew briskly on the wet gravesite. Those of us standing there sang “Amazing Grace” with more true grit than we’d ever mustered before. I didn’t want to believe Tom was dead. He was only 27 years old and hadn’t been sick a…
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