The terror of goodbye John Waters, First Things Friday, July 19, 2019 I had never been one for reflecting on my mortality. I assumed I had grasped the essentials of the human situation and come to live with them. In [a recent] forty-eight-hour window [of illness], however, the abstract nature of these beliefs became clear. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
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The terror of goodbye
John Waters, First Things
Friday, July 19, 2019
I had never been one for reflecting on my mortality. I assumed I had grasped the essentials of the human situation and come to live with them. In [a recent] forty-eight-hour window [of illness], however, the abstract nature of these beliefs became clear.