today i spoke with a woman from ireland while we both waited for her husband to finish his acupuncture session. she told me of how her husband has a.l.s. and that his condition is worsening faster than the doctors had expected. she told me that his hands don't really work anymore. how he has really been struggling with his loss of dexterity and as a result, his loss of independence. she went to stop a tear from falling with the finger that had a thimble on it, and then switched fingers when she realized. as she was telling me about her husband, she had been sewing velcro to the inside of his shirt directly behind each button allowing for him to not have to fight the buttons or ask for help. she looked at me and said, "i do this so that he can, you see?"
i see.
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