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Funerals
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A sea of red lights, and I slow down. My job now is to gather everyone together and tell them we have to let her go. I won't tell anyone over the phone, because I didn't like hearing the news from the doctor that way. I have maybe a week to handle the arrangements, as the doctor said, but the arrangements are overwhelming. How do I learn how to run a family? How do I say goodbye to someone I love so much that I've forgotten just how much I love her?
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― The Descendants
― The Descendants
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Perhaps because it seems so appropriate, I don't notice the rain. It falls in sheets, a blanket of silvery thread rushing to the hard almost-winter ground. Still, I stand without moving at the side of the coffin.
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― Prophecy of the Sisters
― Prophecy of the Sisters
Adult children who find themselves having to be their parents caregiver or advocate.
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This group deals with non-fiction books dealing with all types of celebrations, be it a birthday…more
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