968: The Long Goodbye

Today’s poem is The Long Goodbye by Diana Whitney.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem spotlights a multigenerational family, where the daily demands of domestic and long-term care are challenging enough, but at the center is the familial promise of unconditional love.”
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