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Requiem

Reflections on recent death and continuing devastation.

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Frances Coppola
Nov 04, 2024
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Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis.

On 19th September, my partner Alan suddenly died.

I have no words for what happened that day. I could tell you how he died, but that is merely describing. The medically-minded and morbidly inclined might like to know he died of a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. But that’s w…

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