She had this dark cancer water dripping out of her chest. Eyes closed. Intubated. But her hand was still her hand, still warm and the nails painted this almost black dark blue and I just held her hand and tried to imagine the world without us and for about one second I was a good enough person to hope she died so she would never know that I was going, too. But then I wanted more time so we could fall in love. I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar.
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NICHOLAS SPARKS My mom was an aesthetician and she went to beauty school back in the '60s. I just remember watch... EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI I held her and I asked if she was OK, and her eyes were open but she didn't answer, BOB PACK I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ... CAROL REBELLO I tried to get my mother to move in with me, but she wanted to stay in her own home. When my mother ... CAROL S. REBELLO One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand... AKIVA SCHAFFER I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY For Lucie," Peter said quietly, the flame of a gilded saint's candle fluttering in his hand." "... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT I would have told her then she was the only thing that I could love in this dying world but th... 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