A community forged by loss and love – and photographs that found joy at the end of life
caregiving daughter records her parent's cancer battle as a photographer

The emails poured in by the dozen, day after day after day. They came from parents and children, from violin makers and doctors, from sisters, husbands, colleagues, teachers. Some were spare, just a line or two. Others went on for pages, full of emotion. I read them all, absorbing the stories of grief, loss, hope. All…

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