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Extracted Letters - October 2, 1995 - p.100

From Vatsala to Ehud, 2.10.95

Dear Ehud,

(...)At this moment, it is rather difficult for me not to think about the future. Just a couple of minutes ago, I was intensely concentrating at the microscope and going through the slides awaiting my opinion. When finished with this job, I continued to sit where I was, and caught myself unaware, simply staring out through the window. I was watching a man lifting his giggling child high in the air, and his wife admiring her child and her strong husband. The child (8 to 10 months old) had slings attached to both his arms for intravenous lines, and the left side of his scalp was shaven-a tell-tale sign that a neurosurgeon had been scavenging around his brain. The positive side of this picture was that the kid was in the very last phase of his hospital stay, and looked well and ready to go home. Well Ehud, excuse me for sidetracking into the medical history of this kid, which I could not help noticing. The main thing that caught my attention and held it for quite some time was the togetherness and fun this family was sharing despite the gloomy hospital environment. I could not, in my mind, help replacing the man and the woman with you and me, but for the kid I could not imagine a face. Well, it is togetherness that touched me deeply, and I could not help myself saying Yes when my mind asked me, Is this what you are looking forward to in trying to work out a relationship with the man whom you are likely to meet shortly?...

Vatsala . . .

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