Archive for April, 2005
Monday, April 18th, 2005
We talked about what was possible,doable and useful.
Should I fly to Canada?
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
My birthplace is Canada, but home is where my family lives.
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
The day dawns inappropriately bright. Snow covers the ground and the way is icy.
We arrive at the church
I had not seen my mom in five years and this was not the way I'd wanted to see her again
She lay there ...
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
I'm back in Canada
Unfortunately it's to attend a funeral
On Friday night I checked my email and had a couple of cryptic messages ... call home/urgent and words to that effect
So I dug through my phone list and called home
Mom has ...
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