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SDPC Introduction Valerie metaphor grief hospital death

‘Oh, sweetheart, if only you were here with me to see this,’ I said aloud to Jane. And as I talked to her I suddenly found myself crying for her again there in the semi-dark night while the wind seethed and roared. Deep wrenching sobs began in my legs and stomach and rose up through my chest. I tried to keep talking to her, but could not. ‘It must be better where you are,’ I finally gasped, ‘but you should see this. It’s so wonderful …’ And as I spoke I intuitively understood that the motion of the wind was an excellent creative metaphor for the motion of Jane’s soul, that its cool feel upon my face could be the physical version of her caring for me ‘from where she is.’ The storm of my grief eased after a while, but the wind and the light rain continued. I dozed. When I woke half an hour later the wind had diminished a great deal. I felt drained. I went into the kitchen for a glass of water. Was Jane’s soul resting from its earlier great commotion, or had she moved away for the moment while exploring other aspects of her new reality that were perhaps out of range to us earthbound creatures? I crawled back into my bag and slept until dawn.

SDPC Part One: Chapter 3 cobbler Sarah village wires bullets

[...] She had trouble with her glasses … most people didn’t wear any. They were handmade; they had to grind the glass. They were like magnifying glasses, in a frame on her nose …

[...] She wore glasses and had grayish white hair and was very stout and messy.

SDPC Part Two: Chapter 9 clock sensation Miss Rob twenty

[...] I had just finished my first small glass of wine when a wave of ‘feeling’ swept over me from foot to head. [...]

[...] This sensation was so strong that I put down my sandwich and took off my glasses, because I literally didn’t know what might happen next. [...]

SDPC Part Two: Chapter 11 Cunningham Miss starlings killing Rah

[...] There in front of me was the lobby I had seen in my July dream — complete with the glassed-in gift area. [...]