Scrub, wash, and cleanse of all impurities Before disturbing the sacred chamber. Enter, don the vestment. Put them at ease on the table, waiting for their slumber. So started ritual interventions. Prepared, faithful clergy gathers around, Laity waits, with hopeful intentions. Vulnerability and trust abound. Sanctified, the sacrament has begun. Here in this intimate, blessed …
Excitation, anticipation, what we’ve been waiting for
Is it a gentle kiss? Is it a whispered promise? Is it a summer day’s bliss? Is it relinquishing your freedom to be with them? I saw it there, in a memory care unit He was the only person she knew He still understood time, place, and her heart But couldn’t bear to part from …
“We need to talk” The attending said that before berating me “You’re never home” Reminder to send a referral to that nursing home “You’ve been so distant” My patient can’t travel from their rural home for treatment “I need more” My oncology patient begging for more time “Don’t you remember how it used to be?” …
