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, expecting some kind of reciprocation. But it never came. Instead, she appeared

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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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