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Snap Shot 02: Calling Dad

Papa Wally, my husband’s father, is in his late 80’s. He’s suffered falling accidents, his balance is poor and his legs give out sometimes. One fall left his arm purple and stiff and ultimately unusable. Each time we see Papa Wally, he is more bent at the waist, seemingly frail as a bird, but Wally is a fighter, tenacious, crabby and determined when he wants to be—which seems to be at the most unlikely moments. Now in the long weeks after a terrible […]

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