https://laurabrunolilly.com The road ends, but the journey continues... Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:02:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://laurabrunolilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/purple-tulip.jpg https://laurabrunolilly.com 32 32 232161439 https://laurabrunolilly.com/weekend-notes-3-18-19-23/ https://laurabrunolilly.com/weekend-notes-3-18-19-23/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:02:53 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=10331 Hubby and I just got back from 2 weeks in Albuquerque (almost home!) caring for a dear longtime friend pre, during and post TAVR (heart valve replacement surgery). Originally on-call to help with the household, that same household* got struck down with RSV and then COVID so details of how we were to help changed […]

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