in horror.

　　When I was back at work, I overheard a workmate on a call to her mother and she concluded it with “I love you, Mum.” As

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　　as that. Why wasn’t it like that in mine? Something had to be done about this

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　　situation once and for all.

　　My

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　　came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. After we had shared our usual pleasantries and

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　　, I took a deep breath and asked, “Do you love me, Mum?” After a short

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　　, 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

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　　our conversations with ‘I love you.’”

　　In May 2000 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was

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　　to hospital, and I phoned every day to

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　　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

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　　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

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