Notes From the Edge

Notes From the Edge

A Caregiver's Guide to Losing Your Mother

A journey of grief and love at the end of a mother’s life.

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Monique Martin
Aug 19, 2026
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It Started (and Ended) With A Fever

“I think I have a fever.”

She sat on the edge of her bed late that Saturday night and looked up at me, her eyes crinkled and tired behind those thick-rimmed glasses she’d always worn. She hadn’t gotten out of bed in a while, but she’d put on her purple slippers to come see me. I felt her forehead and nodded. “Yeah, you…

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