Angels in Shipwrecks: Place, Politic and Spirit in Modern Life
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Kaitlin Murphy: Posted on Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:40 PM
Hail Mary Full of Grace For Margaret, II
The week before last, I held my grandmother’s hand while she died in a quiet room at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo, New York. Her son and his wife, my uncle and aunt, stood on her other side.
She had seen her mother, she'd said.
“It’s ok to go with her, Mom,” my uncle said. “You did a good job. We love you. We’ll see you again.”
We repeated how much we loved her. |
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Kaitlin Murphy: Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:33 PM
Soon after I drafted this, I made the 911 call that would bring my grandmother, Margaret, to the hospital on the last day of her life. I had been living with her since June, sharing primary caregiving for a brief time with my uncle and nearby family members, while she healed from the severe leg injury resulting from congestive heart failure she’d suffered from for decades.
While my gut had been telling me she would go before enduring another Buffalo winter, to protect her privacy I was reluctant to post what I’d written while she lived. |
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