My      came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. After we had shared our usual pleasantries and     , I took a deep breath and asked, “Do you love me, Mum?” After a short     , she replied, “I love you. Don’t be silly. You know we never said things like that in my family.”

　　“Well, I want it to be said in ours. From now on I want to      our conversations with ‘I love you.’”

　　In May 2000 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was      to hospital, and I phoned every day to      her. One evening when I rang, a nurse answered the phone and regretfully informed me that my mother’s condition had rapidly worsened. She wasn’t expected to      it through the night.

　　Knowing I couldn’t get a flight in time, I asked the nurse to put the phone next to my mother’s ear so I could talk to her. “She’s        conscious,” the nurse replied. “It’s unlikely she’ll hear you.” But I didn’t care. I wanted to do it     .

　　       she’d placed the phone by my mother’s ear, I started      and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. At first, all I could hear was “Hmmmm” — but then, like a miracle, with a deep      she said, “Love you … love you, darling.” It was the last thing she said before drifting into     .

　　Although I was overwhelmed by her death, the surprising part was how well I     . Of course, losing a parent is extremely painful and I shed many tears, but receiving those lovely last words made it much more      . I had closure in the best possible way.

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