Nata Prevett waits for death and releases a lifetime of worry, guilt, and fear. All of that mixes with a lifetime of love and joy, of hard work and family. And for Nata, being Catholic gets a second look. In her narration, Nata seems one breath away from heaven. But she is free to wonder how she can take the rewards of eternity with God while looking down at the eternal suffering of her mother, her oldest son, her own brother, all surely sinners in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Nata's mother may have missed the redemption of the last rites delivered minutes or even moments too late. In the space the living can only describe as near death, Nata waits for the smell of incense, the droplets of holy water, the smear of oil on her lips, all the signs of the extreme unction, that moment to confess sins and profess sincere faith.
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