The value of a little extra time

The BMJ Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI:10.1136/bmj.q2862
Chris Bennett
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Chris Bennett shares her thoughts about the year she and her husband had together after he was found to have a brain tumour Today my husband wrote me a love letter. Well, if I'm honest, I'm not certain it is a love letter, but I think I can read a couple of “darlings” amongst the scrawly bits I can't quite make out. He has certainly signed his name at the bottom, and when I asked him if the other words were “darling” he grinned that marvellous grin which, over our past 25 years, has always meant everything was just great. The lines of scribble start at the very topmost edge of the paper, as if they are almost falling off, presumably an effect of the hemianopia we were told to expect if he …
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一点额外时间的价值
克里斯·贝内特分享了她和丈夫在一起的那一年的想法,她的丈夫被发现患有脑瘤。今天我丈夫给我写了一封情书。好吧,说实话,我不确定这是一封情书,但我想我可以在那些我看不太清楚的潦草的片段中读到几个“亲爱的”。他肯定在信底签上了自己的名字,当我问他剩下的几个字是不是“亲爱的”时,他咧嘴一笑,那是我们过去25年里的奇妙笑容,总是意味着一切都很好。潦草的线条从纸的最上面的边缘开始,好像它们几乎要掉下来,大概是我们被告知的偏视的结果,如果他……
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