A Grandfather’s Final Gift Recalls a Different Way of Life - Facts So Romantic
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One evening four years ago, photographer Andrea Tese received a phone call from a home-care nurse. Could she come to her grandfather’s house to assess the situation? the nurse asked. Her grandfather had been very ill and had stipulated he did not want to die inside a hospital; he wanted to stay at home. But now he was in severe pain. Tese came to him with a few Percocet she had left over from a dental procedure, but it didn’t help. She made a hard decision and called for an ambulance. Soon her grandfather left his home for the last time. What remained after the passing of Tese’s grandfather was a house left to her and her sister. Inside was evidence of a simple life, well-lived, with a wife he loved and one daughter they were dedicated to raising. There was a final open pack of (...)