My March 2024 departure for the AT never happened. It unraveled on a February day I went grocery shopping with my dad.
He used trekking poles for balance, but that day he brought his walker. The collapsible one, so it could go into the shopping cart. I helped him get the walker in the cart. He couldn’t raise his arms above his shoulders — something new. I followed him up and down the brightly lit aisles, …
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