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Finding Joy
Told she was dying, she gave her last months to family
Small, remembered moments with the writer’s niece, who made the most of her dwindling time, are what make a life meaningful, and even happy.
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Now that the writer’s niece is no longer physically here, the grief and pain of the past have softened and transformed into gratitude.
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Chong Siow Ann
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“The thought of my own death has never been a distressing subject. We live, we love, we yield the stage to our children,” Canadian-American commentator David Frum wrote in an essay about the sudden death of his daughter.
“I hope that when the time arrived, I would have the chance for farewells. If that wish were granted, I could with total content ride the train to my final destination. It never occurred to me that one of my children might board the train first, pulling away as her parents wept on the platform.”
