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	<title>jrrl &#187; mother</title>
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		<title>Uncle Bob&#039;s Christmas Miracle</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/12/23/uncle-bobs-christmas-miracle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never knew my great uncle, Robert Keith Leavitt.  He was my paternal grandfather&#039;s only full sibling, but he died the same year as I was born.  Before his death, Uncle Bob has been a writer, although not someone you would have heard of, and that&#039;s fine.  He wrote corporate histories with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Promise Kept</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/11/04/a-promise-kept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother and I always talked politics. Even when we were supposed to be discussing something else, our discussions inevitably wandered back to whatever was going on in the world. It was our most comfortable topic and we were both passionate about it.
Not every one in my family was of the same mind.  My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eulogy</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/08/25/eulogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried writing this eulogy several times without much luck.  I had wanted to write something worthy of such a remarkable woman. Something that would reflect her world travels, her great generosity, her sense of civic duty, and he often mischievous delightful curiosity about our world.  I wanted to write a eulogy that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obituary</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/08/23/obituary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrrl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ann (Dando) Leavitt, 76, of Southborough died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, surrounded by her family.  She suffered from pancreatic cancer for years.  Despite that she was determined to take members of her family to England to see and enjoy London and the countryside.  She fulfilled that dream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Service</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/08/20/memorial-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A memorial service for my mother will be held at St. Mark&#039;s Church in Southborough, Massachusetts on Monday, August 25th, at 11am.
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		<title>Gone</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/08/18/gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrrl</dc:creator>
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My mother died tonight around 11:40.  My brother and sister and a close family friend were with her at the time.  She was comfortable in bed at home.
As I knew this was coming, I should have written a proper tribute to her before now, but I have not.  Now, I do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Days at Home</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/08/13/final-days-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t written anything since my mother and family got home from England.  That was ten days ago.
I can&#039;t cover everything that has happened since then.  My mother is still at home, in a hospital bed with 24/7 home health workers helping out.  She is heavily sedated on morphine, Fentanyl, and lorazepam. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Kind of Homecoming</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/08/03/some-kind-of-homecoming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t written in a few days, but it was not because there was nothing happening.  My mother&#039;s lower GI obstruction sorted itself out on Wednesday, so she spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday basically pooping.  She was released from the hospital Saturday morning and went to tea with the rest of the family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liver and Kidneys</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/07/30/liver-and-kidneys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/07/30/liver-and-kidneys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update on my mother&#039;s condition.  She is still in St. Mary&#039;s Hospital in London.  She is still not well enough to travel home.
The word from the CT is that my mother&#039;s cancer has spread to her kidneys and liver.  It may have spread elsewhere and this may be a large part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Hospital Overseas</title>
		<link>http://www.jrrl.com/2008/07/29/in-hospital-overseas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my mother got her wish.  She got to England, with my father, younger sister and her family, and older brother and his son in tow.  They found their way to their rented apartment (flat) in London and settled in for the first day to get over the jetlag and find food, etc.
They [...]]]></description>
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