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EndNotes archive for May 31, 2011

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011

Duru Eroglu is pictured here with her parents, Umut Eroglu and mother Duygu Toygur Eroglu. The parents are from Turkey and were living in Spokane for university studies when their daughter was born Jan. 19 with a brain tumor that took her life.
Photo courtesy of Karin Knapp (Courtesy Forget-me-not)

A baby's final gift

Last week, I met a beautiful couple from Turkey, in Spokane for a year doing university studies, whose baby died less than a month after being born. It was a privilege to meet them. They were surrounded by help and support from many people in…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.