So, This is What Dying Looks Like: Preparing to Bid My Mom Farewell

I’m seeing it in my mom’s eyes, and hearing it in her voice. She looks but doesn’t really look, and her tone is flat, as if it’s too much work to express interest or emotion. She’ll give brief answers to questions, but doesn’t ask any of her own. My mother is dying.

My latest for “Catholic to the Core” on Patheos Catholic.

So, This is What Dying Looks Like: Preparing to Bid My Mom Farewell