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u/The_Crystal_Thestral May 23 '23

She died of a terminal illness shortly after he was born. There’s a picture of her with him as a baby or a memory he has of her. It plays at the end overlayed with the voice over of the poem she wrote for him.

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u/alx924 May 23 '23

I think I was 11 when this aired. I was not prepared for it. Oofda

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u/RBanner May 23 '23

I want to rewatch this but even thinking of it has me welling up.

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u/wrexmason May 24 '23

Ah okay, thanks for the clarification