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Chapter 5: Reality Starts to Hit August 30, 2025 Today was a very weird day. This afternoon – Dad, my cousin, and the rest of my family took in a virtual reality exhibition which meant I had some time to myself to help dad start clearing out mom’s clothes from the house. That was harder…

Chapter 4: Justification and Denial August 2022 I have started to consult Dr. Google. Dad said he has already done a lot of research. I suppose I should get to the bottom of whatever he thinks is happening. Which is probably nothing. I mean, at age 73, mom is hardly considered “old” by today’s standards…

Chapter 3: The Day After The Worst Day Ever August 29, 2025 It has been a pretty crazy 36 hours when I think of how much we’ve ploughed through so far. Early yesterday morning, we sent out a massive email notice to as many people as we could think of between mom, dad, and my/my…

Chapter 2: The Talk That Changed Everything One Sunday in July 2022 We have hosted my parents for Sunday dinner ever since my husband and I got engaged in 2009. It’s among my favourite of all of our family traditions. Tonight though, something wasn’t quite right. After dinner, when my mom was helping the kids…

Chapter 1: We Begin at the End August 28, 2025: 6:00am Mom is dead. I am saying the words in my head repeatedly to try and have this reality sink in. It’s not working. I’m not sure I fully understand what’s happening. I feel like I’m on auto-pilot – I need to move into project…