Children’s
Miracle Network
By:
Lauren Jernberg
For
three years I have never found the words
That
gratify what it is. I've said: heroic, life
Saving,
amazing. None seem to live up
to
my expectations. I have said:
fundraising,
loving, caring, happiness.
It
is Hope, Compassion, Giving, and Babies.
There
are so many things you can call it.
It’s
name, though, explains it all.
The
first word meaning a young human,
the
second means a marvel or phenomenon.
And
the third means an organization.
All
together you get Children’s Miracle Network.
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Multiple
Sclerosis
For
ten years I would not say the name.
I
said: episode. Said: setback, incident,
exacerbation—anything
but be specific
in
the way this is specific, not a theory
or
description, but a diagnosis.
I
said: muscle, weakness, numbness, fatigue.
I
said vertigo, neuritis, lesion, spasm.
Remission.
Progression. Recurrence. Deficit.
But
the name, the ugly sound of it, I refused.
There
are two words. The last one means: scarring.
It
means what grows hard, and cannot be repaired.
The
first one means: repeating, or myriad,
consisting
of many parts, increasing in number,
happening
over and over, without end.
By:
Cynthia Huntington
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