I met An at a hospital in Alexandria, Virginia of all places, at my son’s bedside during his stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She was one of his nurses and, like most who are drawn to that profession, treated me with quiet compassion. It was only after weeks of occasional small talk, usually about […]
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Chance Encounters in Laos’s Holiest City
I usually avoid other tourists when I’m traveling. It seems like their only goals, especially at more popular sites like the Sistine Chapel or Prague’s astronomical clock tower, are to walk in front of my camera and to stand in really long lines. It’s easy to forget that maybe we’re not the only ones with […]