Mary was a Native woman in her early forties, slight of stature, gentle and deferential in manner. She had been my patient for eight years, along with her husband and three children. There was a shyness in her smile, a touch of self-deprecation. She laughed easily. When her ever-youthful face brightened it was impossible not to respond in kind. My heart still warms—and constricts with sorrow—when I think of Mary."
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