After watching the screen adaptation, I read A.B. Facey's autobiographical novel "A Fortunate Life" again, which he began writing in later life at the urging of his wife and children. It was published in 1981, just nine months before his death, and became an instant best-seller.
The book ends with these words, "I now wish to end this story ... I have lived a very good life, it has been very rich and full. I have been very fortunate and I am thrilled by it when I look back."
What a lovely note on which to end a book and a life. When my time comes, I hope someone will put the same words on my tombstone. I wouldn't change a word, except to replace the comma with a semicolon.
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