Meet Ben Lou
Anne Malinoski
Whose dreams are bigger than his diagnosis
An excerpt from a poem Ben Lou wrote to channel deep feelings of loss when his sister Lucy (pictured above) left for UC Berkeley in 2018. Like two dandelion seeds Dense diamond-white tufts so close together as to be indistinguishable But one Monday Blown, bore apart by a bearish wind 18 • SNRFSD.org • SanDiegofamily.com • flourishing families 2021
