Arrivederci

Published: Aug. 29, 2020, 2 a.m.

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My enormous family. My ailing father. In the midst of a trip to France & Italy\\xa0and an opportunity\\xa0of a lifetime for my artist husband \\u2014\\xa0with news coming in via email daily\\xa0from my siblings\\xa0\\u2014 "he\\u2019s going to die" \\xa0"he\\u2019s better!" "he\\u2019s had a setback" \\u2014\\xa0I struggle to decide: Should I cut our trip short\\xa0to be present for my father\\u2019s final moments?\\xa0Or follow our destiny to fulfill the invitation to exhibit at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0and hope he lives\\xa0through the night?

On trains, buses, planes and taxis, memory and meaning bring past and present\\xa0together. \\xa0

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