Oh Michele,

How well you honor Gary and your family with honest dignity in these last days. Thank you for the privilege of inviting us to share these magic moments.

“As he slipped out the window.” Lovely letting go.

The way you remember him as he was and acknowledge the process of his death grounds this account. Possibly you were crying or overcome with emotion as you wrote this? I notice a few fractured places in the words. Those places touched me for whatever reason they appeared.

All the family gathering to say their last goodbyes - these moments between life and death when time seems to stand still and we remember what’s most important. You created that feeling well.

Loved the way you comforted your sweet granddaughter. It’s so like you to be honest and sensitive to her and Gary with your usual direct way of facing life.

Writing about this time in your life and Gary’s gives me the feeling that I am family too. Thank you for letting us in. My sympathies on the loss of your husband.