Philoctetes
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Trying out this writing thing
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The distance between us
One thing I’ve felt almost consistently since this whole ordeal began is useless. The feeling ebbs and flows, but I can never truly banish it, not for long. It feeds off my insecurities, relishing in the doubts and anxieties I try to hide, reaching its acme in the hours before I visit him. Sometimes I almost let it win. Sometimes I believe it when it tells me that I’m worthless.
By Philoctetes3 years ago in Humans
Defining my relationship with a dying man
Between all the hospital visits and interactions with doctors, nurses, and surgeons, I must have been asked who I am about half a hundred times. It’s not really my name they’re interested in, but my relationship to Evan. For the first time in a long while it’s got me thinking about it all. Who are we to each other?
By Philoctetes4 years ago in Humans
The line between partner and carer. Top Story - July 2022.
I don’t get to spend as much time with Evan as either of us would like, but in the moments we get I feel the line blurring between partner and caretaker. That’s not a complaint. I love this man with my whole heart and I’d gladly spend every second of every day looking after him if it meant that we got to be together. He is, very much, my whole world. Honestly, I’m still a bit baffled that it’s me he chose to spend his life with. But as current circumstances dictate, our relationship is changing.
By Philoctetes4 years ago in Humans
