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A mother's tale of a life and a talent taken too soon by painkillers
By Betsy Ross
At 7 a.m. on Dec. 20, 2012, I walked downstairs in my usual morning daze to feed our cat, Hussy. Turning to go back upstairs, I saw that my son David, visiting for the holidays, had fallen asleep at h