I liked it all except the last sentence, with that new-agey poem, about Death, the great nurse.
According to Christian theology, death is not a nurse. It is the product of the curse of creation, and will be the last enemy to be destroyed. And we are not children of earth - we are children of God.
I agree....that New Age junk crept in there....Patti has a good heart -- but needs to shrink away from the New Age philosophy that permeates today's society. Once she shrinks away from that katy-bar-the-door!