My Granddaughter

Artemis J Jones
1 min readJun 26, 2022
My Granddaughter at 5 months

I never thought I’d live to tell this story. For over a year now my doctors have told me that I’m dying. Last year they only gave me a few months. I expected to be gone by 06/09/2021 just a few weeks before Father's Day and just short of the birth of my granddaughter.

But I am here, about to celebrate my granddaughters first birthday. It is hard to know what makes you cling to life so strongly. That grasp that you can’t feel…

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Artemis J Jones

Face of a bartender. Observing and listening, two of my greatest faults. I read your work, and I’ll respond in truth or remain silent, wading in my ignorance.