It was the first time in many years she had been alone. Her children, who had done rotating shifts of care since February to make sure that she could die at home rather than in the hated hospital, arrived from Florida, Washington state and Ohio to congregate one last time in the kitchen that had been their centre for so long. The farm is destined to be sold. We drove down the gravel driveway away from the house one last time. The Series Family Matters will appear each Friday with a full page tracking the lives of Canadian families in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, as well as examining other family issues.
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