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What grows beyond

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Ryan McCormick, M.D.
Oct 16, 2022
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One day she wheeled herself into the office bearing two plastic grocery bags. Each one made a crinkling noise as she offered them over to me. “Now I brought you these,” she said, handing me the bags.

I took them gently, as one would handle a baby. There were two small plants peering out - green, alive, with roots clinging to wet dirt. The sterile e…

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