Claire has been drifting in an out of consciousness for days now. She"s strong and is holding on. There are times when we think she might even beat this. There"s a problem with too much hope, though. It"s so much harder to live when that hope fails than if you never had it to begin with. Hope prolongs pain. It torments the soul.
Life has returned to normal in the aftermath of the storm. We"re back to work in the groves. Well, most people are. Apparently, they"ve found a foolproof way to cover for me and Jeremy. I don"t know what it is though, and I really don"t care as long as it lets me stay here with Claire. Jeremy and I only leave her side to go to the lav. People have been bringing us our meals, but it"s hard to eat. Claire can barely choke anything down and is wasting away in front o
