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Darla shook her head, a small smirk on her lips. “You’re such a mom, ” she told Katherine.Katherine stared at her, puzzled. “You’re a mom, too, ” she said softly.“ No, I gave birth. That doesn’t make me a mom. Not like you.” A look passed between the two women like none they had ever shared before. For a split second, Katherine felt a slight connection. “Well, you rest. I’ll check on you later.” She turned and left the room, a funny, unexplainable feeling inside her.Deanna Lynn Sletten
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Are you afraid of dying?" "I was at first, maybe I still am a little bit. But it's not death that scares me so much as not being alive anymore. It's missing all the things that I would have seen if I hadn't gotten AIDS. Things like my daughter's graduation, her wedding, my grandchildren. I'll never see those things, and that makes me sad.Deanna Lynn Sletten