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After a warm bath, I've dried and slipped into bed.

My breathing shallow as ever, due years of heavy smoking, I know it not long now.

I relax as I drift off. I can see everything.

My mother's smile as she held me.

My father's grin after I graduated.

My wife's tears after we married.

My son's eyes after he entered the world.

My mother's last smile.

My father's final breath.

My grandson's first birthday.

My retirement party celebration.

I see thousands of summers, winters, autumns, and springs.

I hear my heart beat slower. My breath ending.

I feel perfect.

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    Jim M about 8 years ago

    Brave and comfortable, I'm enjoying all of you stories immensely, this one stands out to me as particularly poignant. Thank you for sharing

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