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  • Mysterious Ways

    Stitched Together

    Jul 25, 2021 2 minutes
    By Valerie Stone, ASHVILLE, ALABAMA

    “I’ve taken up quilting,” my mother announced proudly over the phone one day.

    “That’s great, Mom,” I said.

    My 70-year-old mother was undergoing chemotherapy for a malignant tumor on her appendix—the latest complication in an 18-year battle with cancer, a battle I knew she would someday lose. Maybe soon. It broke my heart for more reasons than one.

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