Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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“I pulled off the VA sticker pass, drove to Cambridge, got a new pass to stick on my shirt.”

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Jen Deaderick
Jun 19, 2023
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My mom fell today. She’s fine now. I was in Brockton visiting the boyfriend at the VA hospital and I got a call saying my mom had fallen and was headed to Mount Auburn Hospital. I pulled off the VA sticker pass, drove to Cambridge, got a new pass to stick on my shirt.

Mom was sitting lying there on a cot, bored. Didn’t get what the fuss was about. Wante…

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