Unprepared by Barrie Neller

Being dropped off at boarding school helped prepare me for evacuation, conscription and emigration. Nothing prepared me for your going off to Long Island after our forty-four year relation- ship. On a trip to London when you met my mother, you told me we came from the same womb. We'd finished each other's sentences from the day we met and you hired me to be your boss. I thought you one of the most original minds I'd ever met. You thought me a good copywriter. Our clients thought we made a great team. When we retired you left the Texas you loved to be near your daughter.Someone I always thought cared too little for you. When your cancer returned you made another decision - now I need you to finish this sentence -

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