"I can't remember what I answered. What I do remember is the strong mix of emotions that engulfed me at that moment. I realized immediately this was Tommy's way of putting behind us everything that had happened around his drawings back at the cottages, and I felt relief, gratitude, sheer delight." (pg. 241)
After all those years of dwelling on what happened the day in the cemetary, this moment must have felt good for Kathy. In the cemetary, Kathy never really got to speak her mind. Her words had been twisted, and because of that, Tommy was hurt. Sharing his drawings with Kathy again was his was of telling her that everything was okay. If I was Kathy, I would be very thankful. By sharing these drawings, Tommy was also able to bring up another subject: defering the donations. Although Ruth wanted Tommy and Kathy to give it a try, I think that it is only a way to get their hopes up, just to have them crashing down. True, it can't hurt anything, and can really only potentially help them live longer. But as I said before, I think the idea of defering donations is a dying man's last hope, something that has no evidence.
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