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A flash of light in a gray world

When the brothers stroll down the hall to chat before exams at this optometrist’s office, no one is surprised. The personal is part of the treatment.

Elissa Ely

It was a comfort to watch the owl calmly watching us. Then one day he was gone.

My mother is gone. How does one speak to a listener who can no longer hear?

With this question, we were companions; it was a door she opened for the two of us to walk through together.

The visual and physical exam is no longer valued as the great diagnostic tool.