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Evanescent

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    Abstract

    Evanescent: A Journal of Literary Medicine is the journal of the Eakins Writing Project, which also sponsors the Drs. Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize. The Eakins Writing Project is supported by the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention, located in the Department of Surgery of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

    Contents:

    10 - From the Editors

    11 - Basketball: Youth to Older by Dr. Charles Yeo

    13 - A Follow-up from the Editors

    14 - Prism by Yazan Bader (Third Place Winner)

    17 - Reflections on Shards of Glass by Ana Maria Lopez

    19 - The Dragonfly’s Journey by Anderson Ng

    20 - Legacy (The Creation Reimagined) by Sandra Yang

    21 - Searching for Answers While Mustard Seeds Dance by Sujata Meswati

    23 - For Maggie: Grief and Remembrance, on the Loss of Your Mother by Celeste Montgomery

    25 - The Sacred Measure of Seven: An Aging Meditation by Pamela Talero Cabrejo (Third Place Winner)

    28 - Future Unknown by Dolores Bartholomew

    29 - Mother Instinct by Julianna Fomenko (Honorable Mention)

    32 - Dancing with RA by Maritza Rivera

    34 - A Picture of Valerie by Phil Skiba

    39 - Transience by Nicholas M. Wang

    40 - Roots of Resilience by Krupa Patel

    41 - Advance Directive by Meera Gupta

    42 - Refined Sugar by Blake Weill

    43 - Becoming Me, Becoming My Own by Sunny Friend

    46 - 2 out of 3 by Xiao Chi Zhang (Honorable Mention)

    49 - Taking Flight by Allison Chang (Honorable Mention)

    52 - Three Fish by David Nash

    53 - What My Mom Taught Me by Pandy Ali Kahl

    55 - She Marched By Irisa Gold

    59 - Training by Nilanjan Haldar

    61 - M by Gerry Isenberg (Honorable Mention)

    62 - Revisiting the Clinic by Madison Woods

    63 - Nanaji and Naniji by Silvi Saxena

    64 - The Shape of My Father’s Hands by Eric Teichner (Honorable Mention)

    66 - We Are Not Forgotten by Rishi Kapoor (First Place Winner)

    70 - Images from Identity Crisis by Dolores Bartholomew

    74 - Perspective by Tali Segal

    77 - 2020 Vision by James Dyksen (Second Place Winner)

    82 - Gel by Anonymous 83 - An Unlikely Gift by Denise Diaz

    85 - Thank You, Sid: A Journey of Friendship and Farewell by Daniel Dashko

    87 - The Hands That Raised Me by Emily Custer

    89 - Bulbs by Madelynne Brynne Reilly

    90 - Blue Stuffed Bears: Knitting Our Lives and Legacies by Carolena Muno

    92 - Saudade by Amala Shaju

    94 - All That is Lost, and What Remains by Beverly Ng

    98 - Threads of Time and Care by Edoardo Manca

    99 - Purple Flowers For My Daughter by David Nash

    100 - Growing Learning Aging by Lenore Taylor

    103 - Under the Mango Tree by Sonali Persaud

    105 - 6 Poems: Reflections on Mortality by Delaney

    107 - Great Mass of Color: Reflections on Memory, Loss, and Growth by Wenchao Cao

    111 - The Study Break by Madison Woods

    112 - On a Spinach Leaf, Engineers Grow Enough of a Heart to Beat by Mariel Murray

    113 - Nostalgia’s Echoes by Kaylin Dixon

    115 - Celebrating 80-ation by Ron Kanter (Honorable Mention)

    117 - In Living Color: The Art of Aging with Dignity by Dayna Hovern

    119 - Eagle by Tom Schoonmaker

    120 - Thank You to Our Writing Prize Selection Committee

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