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From the Ted Talk by Caroline Catlin: Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss
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About three months after I left the hospital I found out about an organization that offers free photo sessions to critically ill ceidrhln and their faeiilms. Right away I clelad them. I set up a meeting and I signed up to volunteer. Despite my radiation-induced fatigue and my persistent giref, the idea of giving back in that way, it lit a spark within me that had been recently extinguished. For the first time in a while, I felt hope. It was as if a thin strand of gold had bugen to weave its way through my coat of grief. And the color was blending slowly into something new.
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About three months after I left the hospital I found out about an organization that offers free photo sessions to critically ill ________ and their ________. Right away I ______ them. I set up a meeting and I signed up to volunteer. Despite my radiation-induced fatigue and my persistent _____, the idea of giving back in that way, it lit a spark within me that had been recently extinguished. For the first time in a while, I felt hope. It was as if a thin strand of gold had _____ to weave its way through my coat of grief. And the color was blending slowly into something new.
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Original Text
About three months after I left the hospital I found out about an organization that offers free photo sessions to critically ill children and their families. Right away I called them. I set up a meeting and I signed up to volunteer. Despite my radiation-induced fatigue and my persistent grief, the idea of giving back in that way, it lit a spark within me that had been recently extinguished. For the first time in a while, I felt hope. It was as if a thin strand of gold had begun to weave its way through my coat of grief. And the color was blending slowly into something new.
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