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"I have turned my living room into The Dick Cavett Show. I have one guest at a time and visit for just under an hour. We sit beside my fake fireplace. My guests usually don&amp;#039;t, but I sit on the floor. I have spent time this way\u2013\u2013Your place or mine? Always mine.\u2013\u2013since winter started. I am either at Mom&amp;#039;s house or my own. The pilot light is chancy in my fake fireplace. Mid-meaningful conversation, it will decide to just go out. One moment: fire, light heat. Next moment: none. I was so pleased with myself last week; not equating Mom&amp;#039;s furnace motor blowing out into a mystical discussion. I can&amp;#039;t help myself here; I have to talk about the pilot light. It explained to me exactly what is going on with Mom. Her pilot light is flickering. Its flame is weak and sputtering. As is mine, Dear Readers. As is mine. Phyllis Greene died peacefully last night surrounded by her family and love.  D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com. Photo credit: Marcia Smilack "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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