Who was the first person you encountered today? Write about him or her.
Photographers, artists, poets: show us PEOPLE.
Usually… the first person I encounter is my son, Doug… 
who lives with us…
Suffering from bi-polar disorder 
… he sometimes is up all night…
Well, you just never know… His sleep pattern is erratic…
I’m used to it…
We exchange a few words… since I’m usually still sleepy… 
He sometimes has something to tell me he has heard on the news or TV…
We might have a small discussion… to appease him…
He is up on all of the current events… puts others to shame with his knowledge of what is happening in our world… 
Of course he has his opinions… which are usually substantiated…
If it’s in the middle of the night… I get my drink of water
… bathroom break and head back to bed with a “good night”…
If I’m up for the day… I fix my tea/coffee… as we talk a little… 
He is such a good person… Very caring… helpful
… but, having this awful disease just devastates me at times… and I imagine these midnight walks through the house has him thinking a lot of the… things he has missed 
… dreams that won’t be… why did this happen to him…
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