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Created page with "Two months before my fifth birthday my grandfather, J. W. Maxwell Jr., died of cancer. He was only fifty-nine years old. Following his Christian Science beliefs, he had declined modern medical interventions. His last years were filled with pain, and Gami suffered as his caregiver. I learned later that my grandfather believed his sickness was somehow the result of something Gami had done, some unknown sin in the eyes of God, who was now punishing him. Still, she stoically..."

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Two months before my fifth birthday my grandfather, J. W. Maxwell Jr., died of cancer. He was only fifty-nine years old. Following his Christian Science beliefs, he had declined modern medical interventions. His last years were filled with pain, and Gami suffered as his caregiver. I learned later that my grandfather believed his sickness was somehow the result of something Gami had done, some unknown sin in the eyes of God, who was now punishing him. Still, she stoically stood by his side, supporting him until the end. One of my sharpest memories from childhood was how my parents wouldn’t let me attend his funeral. I was hardly aware of what was going on, other than the fact that my mother, father, and older sister got to see him off while I stayed behind with a babysitter. A year later, my great-grandmother Lala died while visiting Gami at her home.

在我五岁生日前两个月，我的祖父 J. W. Maxwell Jr. 因癌症去世。他年仅五十九岁。遵循基督教科学信仰，他拒绝了现代医疗干预措施。他的最后几年充满了痛苦，加米作为他的照顾者也承受着痛苦。后来我得知，祖父相信他的病是加米所做的事情的结果，是上帝眼中某种未知的罪孽，现在上帝正在惩罚他。尽管如此，她还是坚定地站在他身边，支持他直到最后。我童年时最清晰的记忆之一就是我的父母不让我参加他的葬礼。我几乎不知道发生了什么事，只知道我的母亲、父亲和姐姐要去送他，而我则留在保姆身边。一年后，我的曾祖母拉拉在去加米家探望她时去世了。

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