FROM THE BACK COVER: My friend Nancy, died in 2010 from complications of Huntington’s Disease. The thing is, there was nothing complicated about it. Involutary muscular spasms, writhing movements, inability to speak clear, expression at it’s most difficult. This was how I met Nancy. Already deep in the arms of the dis-ease, yet she managed to change my life with the dignity and grace that she continued to live her life inspite of these ‘complications.’ There is nothing complicated about Huntington’s Disease, it’s just plain awful to watch someone wither from the constant discomfort. Nancy was an artist and to see someone, have the one respite that all through her life she could always find happiness in, always find peace in, made even more difficult than creativity already is…well, I don’t wish that fate on anyone. Please take care when you laugh or make fun about the disabled or the diseased. It’s not that they are people too, that’s much too simple. It’s that they are unique people here in this life to teach the average, valuable lessons about what it could be like, what it might be like. I loved looking deep into Nancy’s eyes. She couldn’t always speak her thoughts, but those eyes. Those eyes said everything I ever wanted to hear. I love you Nancy. I think of you every single day. I can’t wait to meet you again. Josh
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