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Kate Bennis's avatar

Oh, my, Brian. This is just wrenching. True and beautiful. Thank you.

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Brian Thomas's avatar

Thank you for that. I was gutted for days afterward.

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Kate Levin's avatar

Lovely and heartbreaking! Have you read the novel The Swimmers by our classmate Julie Otsuka? It’s about the similar loss of a mother…

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Brian Thomas's avatar

I have not, but I will pick it up. Thanks for reading, too.

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Sandeep Kumar Verma's avatar

Yes, the role reverses and we receive what we gave is one way of looking at life. Another way is to break the script and realise that this is happening for thousands of years! What is the message behind all this drama being repeated again and again?

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