PHOTO BY SARAH CROSS / MPW.59 PHOTO BY SARAH CROSS / MPW.59
  • Keeping Jewel Alive
  • By Sarah Cross, Mother Jones Magazine
  • The 59th Missouri Photo Workshop / Chillicothe, Mo.
  • Von checks in with her husband to make sure he is comfortable in his chair. He spends most of his days sitting in his wheelchair next to the kitchen table. Sometimes he sleeps and other times he watches his two sons and wife walk about preparing food and supplements. In Jewel’s simple state of mind, he seems constantly entertained but always wants to go somewhere.

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