For John

These stories began when the life John and I knew changed—and Life: Plan B began.

I wrote about the difficult days, the funny moments, the unexpected kindness of friends and the small joys that helped us keep going. I wrote about caregiving, but mostly I wrote about love: the kind that adapts, endures and finds something worth holding close even on the hardest days.

The stories are part memoir, part remembrance and wholly from my heart. I’m preserving them here for anyone who would like to know John, walk beside us for a little while or find a familiar feeling in our journey.

For John—with all my love.

Love Is Healthier Than Kale

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