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“HOPE IS AN ORIENTATION

OF THE SPIRI T.” (HAVEL)

The new milieu which emerged from our conversations would

be an alternative to the local nursing homes where their lives

together would end upon admission to separate units. Their
decision, followed by several

family tours and property

inspection by a family

member, led to the purchase
of a duplex next to a familiar

wooded area. It was built on

land adjacent to the large

farm where my parents
had served as management

partners for almost three

decades. We were separated

from the woods by a fence
which Dad had built many years before. Thus, our modest duplex

immediately earned the title, “the ranch.” It was a time for hope

and, in many ways, the beginning of a new chapter.