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Day 18: A Note From My Dad

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Jan 14, 2022
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Ladurée macarons, photographed by Rick Loomis for The New York Times

My dad is well enough now to change the channel, and flip through the hospital menu with his one working hand, and put his glasses on his face, and take them off again, and to call his children on the phone. I will always find it wonderful to hear the phone ring and see “Dad” on the cal…

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