The Caregiver's Journal

What the Hand Knows Before the Mind Does

This image is a blend of a photograph and an illustration composed in Canva.

Our marriage began underwater, during the rainy aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, on November 5, 2012.

City Hall in lower Manhattan was submerged in silence and silt, as if the city itself had gone underwater to dream of a new beginning. We had one option—head for high ground in the…