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Devotional Memoir

Complicated grief

Some days, when it can’t get any worse, it does. Leading to a complicated grief.

This tangled story of deception is not ours alone. 

No. All along the darkening path, we meet others who know. And understand.

Complicated grief. Image by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash.
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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Brokenness

“Is your arm hurting?” she asks. Yes. The broken bone near my shoulder is healing. Slowly. 

It’s 2015 and Manga is prepping me for physical therapy at a hospital in Malaysia. “Be happy!” she says. “Think positive thoughts. Then you will not be hurting.”

I smile. She’s friendly. Gregarious. Her speech and ways and dress make me feel at home. 

South Asian home. 

The kind and compassionate team in the PT department.