Let me tell you about a man named Ross. When I met him he was elderly and totally unresponsive. The nurse at the nursing home told me that he was alive and if I looked very closely I could see that he was breathing.
Not once had I ever heard his voice or saw him move. Sometimes they would have him in a wheelchair or would have him in a chair.
Once a week I would go read to him and chat for a bit about weather, sports or whatever was on my mind. What to do when it feels like your relationship is falling apart I never knew what he would find interesting since he never spoke.
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