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Low life

Seeing Nelson in a new light

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

I picked up my grandson from his mother’s flat and noticed the change in him the second I clapped eyes on him. He was taller than when I had said goodbye to him a month ago, and his spirit seemed more conscious of itself. I also noticed that my devotion to him (lately inviting criticism as being excessive) was as strong as ever.

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