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My parents brought in a lady who had accidentally burned down her apartment (fell asleep with a candle lit) when I was a kid. 
She brought her cat to live with us too, and I remember us spending a lot of time in the backyard listening to and talking about birds.
She died less than a year later from a combo of cancer and pneumonia, my parents later told me that she refused chemo treatment.
Overall, I think she was just grateful to have a safe space to spend the last little bit of her life.
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