Facts

in no particular order:
I held her hand
Mom and Cotter were also in the room
There were people just outside the door talking
When we arrived, a catholic priest was just walking out of the room,
He said that his cellphone had rung while he was anointing her,
And that he thought it was probably my dad
My mom talked to her first, holding her hand
The monitor behind her had numbers in the 90’s
There were 3 blue box-type things with tubes coming out
Also an external pump for circulation
She asked about my shirt
I explained that I had personalized it
My mom explained that I was covering up its dirtiness
She said it was creative
She told my brother that she wished he would help end all the violence in the world
He had been talking about horror movies
Her mouth was dry
So a nurse went to go get her some water
We saw that nurse on our way out, she said the water was coming
She said “it’s in God’s hands now”
That was towards the beginning
I didn’t really say much
But I smiled a lot
She asked us to pray for her
She said that it didn’t matter what type of prayer it was
I said “of course”
My mom said that she went to services, and so did her mom
I thought about going to services to say the Kaddish, if need be
That’s a heavy thought
I told her how Skyler thought “elevators” ought to be renamed as “upevators”
‘Cus they go up
She laughed
It was noticeably difficult for her to speak
Her voice was raspy by the end
I didn’t say much
Cotter said less
My mom said some
She said most of the stuff
I wanted to say “stay strong”
That’s what I said to runners at the cross-country race
She wanted to show Skyler the little light on the end of her finger
It was hard for her to lift her neck, but she did it a couple times
She said she didn’t like diets
She said she had a hard decision ahead of her
She said she would have liked a few more years
She said she would have liked to see our futures a bit more

I think it’s the kind of thing that is exempt from judgement, from opinion. These are just facts.