title: The Moth Wing Diaries
author: Lori Vrba
description: Vrba creates enigmatic images that grab the eye with their artistry and tease the mind with their inscrutability., <br /> - American Photo Magazine, Best Photobooks of the Year, December 11, 2015 <br /> ...a photographic narrative about memory, loss, providence, and revival., <br /> - Lenscratch, March 24, 2015 <br /> ...a culmination of the artists unapologetic, on-going explorations of femininity and the Southern landscape., <br /> - Houston Press, June 15, 2015
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  Silence again filled the room. Dawn wondered briefly if the two doctors
  realized that there was a moth flapping against the plate glass window behind
  them. She studied the insect as it flailed and beat its wings on the clear
  glass, desperate to touch the sun outside. _Poor moth_. . .
  
  
  “This is not a decision for you to make right now, Dawn,” Dr. Sinclair said,
  breaking the heavy silence. “Go home and think about it. Discuss it. But don’t
  take too long. We’ll need to proceed as soon as possible if you decide in
  favor of the procedure.”
  
  
  “The odds,” Rob said. “What are the odds of the transplant succeeding?”
  
  
  The two doctors exchanged quick glances. “Without it, Dawn has a twenty
  percent chance of survival. With it, fifty-fifty.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _To Mark and Jenelle,_
  
  
  _Tim and Todd._
  
  
  _Soli Deo Gloria._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Text copyright © 1987 by Lurlene McDaniel
  
  
  Cover photo and design
  
  
  by Michael Petty
  
  
  Petty Productions
  
  
  
  
  
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