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One night, I woke to the sound of my mother\u2019s voice, as I did when I was a child. The words were familiar to my ear, they matched the voice that formed them, but it was not until I had opened my eyes to the dark of my room and my husband\u2019s snoring that I remembered the words were calling me away from my warm bed and the steady breathing of my children, both asleep in their own rooms across the hall. \u201cBecause I could not stop for death,\u201d my mother used to tell me, \u201che kindly stopped for me.\u201d Narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices