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places in Detroit — where we went,
what we did," she says.
Kramer took up writing to comfort
herself as her sons' battles with illness
grew more severe. They suffered from
a form that was hereditary, and they
died within days of each other, one
approaching age 20 and the other just
beyond.
After she and her husband moved to
California 10 years ago to escape
Michigan winters, she continued to
express her feelings through poetry and
even a short story, and her writing has
appeared in newspapers, magazines and
a poetry anthology.
Dancing in the
Dark really chronicles
my life," Kramer says.
"It describes how we
raised Mark and
Danny, who were 5
and 2 [respectively]
when they were prop-
erly diagnosed. [I
want readers to know]
that every day was not
sad, miserable and
dreary They were
nice, funny little boys,
and we did everything
we could for and with
them. We had some
good times and some
very good memories
even though it was
very hard.
Kramer, who
struggled with
weight gain tern-
Roslaie Ferrer
porarily as she wres-
Kramer:
'Every
tled with her prob-
clay
was
not
sad,
lems, tells about fac-
miserable
and
ing life one day at a
dreary. We had
time and taking up
some
good times
sailing to recover
and
some
very
from her sons' deaths.
good memories
"After the boys
even though it was
died, my husband
very hard"
and I started life over
again," she reveals.
"We weren't going to indulge in some
weekend sport while the boys were
alive, but sailing came to save our san-
ity-. Learning how to do something dif-
ficult, like sailing, took all our time
and [filled our] minds."
Kramer, who terms her book "cre-
ative nonfiction," imagined details to
convey the emotional truth of her
experiences, including the distancing
of friends who didn't know how to
share their own happy times as the
Kramers coped with their problems.
"We were able to pick ourselves up
and go on, and I hope readers will see
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public about these diseases
and the people they affect,
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year."
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