On Dying

Wonderful twitter account by journalist Scott Simon as he sits by his mother's side while she's dying. (I know. That doesn't sound like anything that would ever come from me. But there you have it.)

Here's just one tweet.  Not representative necessarily, but having spent some time sitting in ICU wondering if my little boy would make it, I totally relate:




And after her death:

My apologies if you decide to read this lovely account and feel you've been misled into thinking you won't get your tears jerked.