While Mom Was Dying, Scott Adams Suicided

Are we always surprised by the end?

Five weeks ago Mom called to say she was dying. Within days.

Three weeks later she was thrilled to explain that things were not quite so dire. The pain was less, her diagnosis incorrect.

A week after that the call was from an emergency room physician.

Despite flying to her side, I never heard a word from Mom again or sensed any response to my voice or touch. Her heart beat on beyond medical expectation, but in another four…