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{Originally published by the New York Times}
“This too shall pass,” my dad would often say, whether someone had an upset...
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A self portrait taken with my dad in his apartment...
My dad grew up in the dry deserts of Arizona...
David gets dressed after a morning of swimming laps at...
Daylon and David’s longtime friend, Brian, support David on a...
Sitting next to my girlfriend, Marine, David rides the subway...
David could dance and especially loved country swing. But just...
David poses with a picture of himself in his 30s....
My sister (Briana) kisses David on the cheek while riding...
Beginning in the fall of 2016, my dad started to...
David dives into the ocean on Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach during...
David struggles to keep up with the conversation during a...
Resting his head on my skateboard, David takes a break...
The summer of 2015 David moved into an apartment where...
Briana gives David a goodbye kiss as a home-aide looks...
During a moment of calm, David looks out the window...
A soup of anti-anxiety and antipsychotic medications sit on the...
Briana and a home-aide in December of 2016, look through...
On the Brooklyn Bridge during the annual “Walk to End...
In the hospital, the extreme disorientation and panic continued. Additionally,...
By the end of January 2017, we admitted David to...
David and Daylon hug in the hall of the psych...
Caretaker Musah props up David’s head to shave his face....
David and Daylon in February 2017 in the locked level...
In late April, unable to eat or drink without risk...
During his final week, we stayed with David 24 hours...
David’s days continued to be riddled with bouts of extreme...
Briana sits in our dad’s favorite chair while he lays...
Taken in the early hours of the morning, May 1,...
No longer able to swallow, David survived for nearly a...
Daylon pours David’s ashes into a hole just within the...
Masha and Daylon walk toward the Saguaro National Park in...
Swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off Rockaway Beach, Queens. Summer...
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