!Love
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agk's diary 
14 December 2025
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written on GPD MicroPC
with crushing dental pain
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I was disconsolate, sobbing, so out of control it
woke my daughter up because of the pain, the fever,
me who depends so much on being articulate at a loss
for words, unable to ccommunicate clearly to Evy how
my motivator, how I pushed through the pain and
fatigue, was love of her, how I needed to care for
myself or be cared for and sleep, how much I treas-
ure her.

Daughter did something for the first time. She
walked up the steps, gently entered my room, and
just instantly treated me like I or Evy treat her
when she's hurting or crying. She held my hand. She
asked, "Are you hurting?" She listened patiently.
She offered to refill my water bottle, then sort of
did.

Such pure love, unburdened by the complexity that
left me and Evy briefly at odds while my pain became
unbearable. We saw our daughter, kind, patient,
gentle, caring, selfless, as we've raised her to be,
a model for us.

God so loved the world He overflowed into action.
Like my daughter, her joy a fountain, her love,
cooling waters. Like us, so often overflowing in
acts of love for each other, our brothers, the 
strangers, our enemies. Love stronger than pain,
staying after the tears go.