Jill Hickey

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“REUNITED” by Jill Hickey

Submitted to Contest #290

Mary has been visiting the Senior Care Facility most everyday for the past five years. She comes to sit with Jim, a man whom she’s dedicated her entire adult life. In the time he has been here, she has watched him wither away in mind, body and spirit, to become a shell of a man who at times feels like a stranger to her. She sometimes wonders if his aged psyche remembers her as his wife, or if in fact, he recognizes her at all. Some days his still blue eyes twinkle with recognition when she approaches, on other visits they seem to look straig...

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