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Lisa Lee's avatar

Vivid and real. Thank you Jamie for giving me another perspective, or two?

AJ's avatar

Felt as if I was with you. So many physical details and observations brilliantly laced with so much emotion. Your mom was memorable, funny, welcoming, and beautiful.

Caroline Makepeace's avatar

Wow, that’s somehow both searing and gentle! Brava!

Paul D'Arcy's avatar

So beautiful, Jamie.

Thank you ❤️

Anne Kenealy's avatar

Beautiful piece. You’ve really captured so much about this end of life waiting game, when time becomes strangely elastic and nonlinear.

Jamie Holland's avatar

Thanks so much for reading, Anne!

Sasha's avatar

Beautifully written. It tugs at my heart. I miss her

Susan Todd's avatar

Jamie, thank you for writing this and sharing. You are such a good writer and you are such a good daughter. Passenger, yes, a traveler who does not bear the responsibilities for the tasks to arrive at the destination!

John Wythe Fain II's avatar

Beautiful. I get it. I know those rooms. It’s a long goodbye no matter what isn’t said.

lucinda's avatar

this is a beauty. very quiet but so potent. so much feeling! ❤️

Carey Burwick's avatar

Always love your mom stories. Always, they make me cry. Xoxo