Well, it's over.

[dragonlady7]

Christine D. (Peterson) Kirwan

February 21, 2004. Loving mother of Sean C. Kirwan and Michael B.
Kirwan; beloved daughter of Isabella M. (nee Burke) and the late
Henry E. Petersen; dear sister of Vernon E. (Joyce) Peterson of
Hawthorne, NJ and Louis B. (Elke) Peterson of Seattle, WA; also
survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The family
will receive friends at the C. MERTZ & SON FUNERAL HOME, INC., 911
Englewood Ave., Thursday from 7-9 PM and Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM,
where funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 AM and a Mass of
Christian Burial at St. John the Baptist Church (Englewood Ave.) at
9:30 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the SPCA or
Haven House.

Published in the Buffalo News on 2/25/2004.

(http://www.legacy.com/buffalonews/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=1965630)

I wrote about this earlier, in an essay entitled "On Loss."

If you had the option, when you saw someone for the last time, of either knowing or not knowing that this would be the last time you saw them, which would you choose[?]

I'm sorry, Sean.