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I woke up in tears, breathless, with my stomach feeling hollow and hurting from being tense with the shaking spasms of a broken son...
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murphree8
- Sep 9
- 8 min
Letters To My Mother: The Last Letter
Dear Mom, “This is going to hurt,” you told me in our last conversation. You were preparing me for what was to come. It does! Oh mom, it...
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murphree8
- Aug 31
- 4 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Twenty
Dear Mom, “Where are my babies?” You said today through a raspy, gargled throat. “We’re all okay,” I said with confidence because I...
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murphree8
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Nineteen
Dear Mom, The death rattle is here with you. It has been all day. Anyone who has been around the dying knows this sound. It is haunting,...
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murphree8
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Eighteen
Dear Mom, I know who I am, so help me, I do. For better or worse, I have always been true to myself. I am a three year old boy, sitting...
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murphree8
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Seventeen
Dear Mom, This morning, it is silence you seek. You said that to me after we were alone. You are in need of quiet and a calm space in...
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murphree8
- Aug 28
- 5 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Sixteen
Dear Mom, The watch is slicing time. There is a dancing click to the seconds, a tap dance more than a ballet, and the anticipation of...
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murphree8
- Aug 25
- 5 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Fifteen
Dear Mom, Well, I am sitting here next to you lady, watching you sleep. It looks like you’ve taken a turn for the worse and ended up here...
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murphree8
- Aug 22
- 4 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Fourteen
Dear Mom, I woke up this morning, not a man but a frightened child, startled by a dream about you. It was strange as I laid there...
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murphree8
- Aug 21
- 6 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Thirteen
Dear Mom, You recently told me that you have learned a lot from me over the years and said, “I have been listening.” I am thankful that...
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murphree8
- Aug 12
- 3 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Twelve
Dear Mom, You told me to never hide my emotions about your dying and I haven’t. I hesitantly left your apartment yesterday wondering if I...
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murphree8
- Aug 11
- 5 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Eleven
Dear Mom, The day is fragile. Each moment in each day has meaning. We get to decide what we do with it. We decide how we want to live...
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murphree8
- Aug 10
- 3 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Ten
Dear Mom, I was sitting next to you recently on your patio and you brought up an old story, one that I told you about a few years ago,...
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murphree8
- Aug 6
- 4 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Nine
Dear Mom, I am having one of those moments when life seems daunting and I am weary. It is not just your dying. Of course that is part of...
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murphree8
- Aug 4
- 6 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Eight
Dear Mom, I have found that looking at a calendar has new meaning. When your oncologist said, “Two months,” I immediately came home and...
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murphree8
- Jul 30
- 6 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Seven
Dear Mom, I sat across from you recently and said, “I am grieving, this is true, but you are also grieving as well.” It is something that...
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murphree8
- Jul 28
- 4 min
Letters To My Mother: Letter Six
Dear Mom, I recently stood in front of a crowd, with you next to my side, and proclaimed that when you told me about your diagnosis a...
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murphree8
- Jul 26
- 23 min
Letters To My Mother: Letters One Through Five (with a quick note).
A forward to the first five letters. My mother is getting to the point where her fatigue is becoming worse and she will not read these....
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murphree8
- Jul 9
- 6 min
The Fifteenth Round
Dear Mother, So, we are here, that time we knew was coming. It’s the great gig in the sky, the jumping off point, where a new journey is...
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murphree8
- Jul 2
- 4 min
My Fate Is In Front Of Me, And My Life Behind
She has fought, like a warrior not on a conventional battlefield, but stealthy, guerilla warfare, where she had to sneak up on the enemy...
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