NPR host Scott Simon has been live tweeting from the hospital bedside of his mother Patricia Lyons Simon Newman Gilband, chronicling their final moments together for his 1.2 million followers on Twitter.
Simon, the host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, has been with his mother in Chicago for the past week. His sad and heartwarming tweets about the death of a parent have drawn the attention of the Twitterverse. He tweeted Monday morning:
Her passing might come any moment, or in an hour, or not for a day. Nurses saying hearing is last sense to go so I sing & joke.
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 29, 2013
His tweets have been silly:
My mother & I just sang Que Sera Sera 3 times. God bless you Doris Day for giving us such a great theme song.
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 27, 2013
illuminating:
I think she wants me to pass along a couple of pieces of advice, ASAP. One: reach out to someone who seems lonely today.
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 28, 2013
And: listen to people in their 80's. They have looked across the street at death for a decade. They know what's vital.
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 28, 2013
and heartbreaking:
Thought that my mother won't get another glimpse of the city she loves is unbearable. My wife, from France, points out--
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 29, 2013
Mother cries Help Me at 2;30. Been holding her like a baby since. She's asleep now. All I can do is hold on to her.
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 29, 2013
and moving:
Thanks for all kind messages. We're watching 42 (movie), cherishing every second of normalcy. Cherish yr mother tonight too.
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 28, 2013
I am getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?
— Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) July 25, 2013
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