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Sep 3, 2010
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Death of a Parent
- A Southern Voice
By Andy Landis
“I think anybody who has lost their momma thinks about her all the time,” says Maggi Vaughn, Tennessee’s longest-running poet laureate. “I know I do. I fi nd myself asking Momma questions about this and that nearly every day since she passed away.”
Margaret Britton Vaughn, known as Maggi, speaks with a slow southern drawl as she pushes herself back in her chair, cherishing a private thought about her mom. “She passed away in a nursing home. I’ll never forget it.”
- Mother-Daughter Tea
By Gwen Eastlake-DeCrow
I was recently invited to a Mother-Daughter Tea. Being invited broke my heart.
I have no mother, no daughter to take.
It is one week shy of the one-year anniversary of my mother’s death. She was 61, and an artist. She fought pancreatic cancer for six months. We...
- When Your Parent has Died
By Sherry L. Williams
Everyone knows that they will have to bury their parents one day. Knowing this fact and living this reality are two totally different things. When a parent dies, all the bonds you had with your childhood feel like they have been broken. Even if you are an adult and have children of your own, the death of a parent can shatter your sense of safety and security. You realize for the first time that there is now nothing standing between you and death. You have become the next generation.
- We Never Said Goodbye
By Tony Falzano
Towards the end of her life, my mom had a number of health issues. These included high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure and eventually, dialysis. In the fall of 1999, her right leg began to turn black and blue. It was diagnosed that her heart was not strong enough to...
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