a. A couple of times she tried to prepare me for the possibility that I might one day discover her body in her apartment. She told me that if it happened like that—if she died quietly, peacefully, as she went about her day, or, even better, in her sleep—it would be a blessing. At the time, the idea terrified me. Now it seems like a dream. She learned to use the Internet in order to be able to send e - mails to Frank Rich. be able to send e - mails to me. be able to read e - mails from relatives. be able to read Frank Rich onlin