💬 Opinion Apr 12, 2026 · Peter Tonguette

As My Mother Lay Dying

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As My Mother Lay Dying

Watching movies with loved ones can be its own kind of communication.

























As my mother lay dying in the hospital, her eyes tired and her breathing labored, she told me that she had loved watching movies with my brother and me. 



She said, in the days before her death from cancer at 79 in September 2023, other things to me, too, but n

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