Is anybody really going to read them?

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Over the three month period between Mom's stroke and her death we maintained almost daily contact - primarily via e-mail, instant messaging, and the phone. During my stay in California I sent home daily reports of my visits with Mom, and my brother asked me to send them to him - from his computer, to his computer - so that he'd have a record of those reports as well. Though speaking on the phone was easy, we tended to prefer instant messaging because it permitted us to save our conversations and file them - for some future family member or researcher who just might find some purpose in reviewing all this.

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