Thanks. I searched HN for the link and nothing turned up. Should have searched for the title I guess. But the good thing is there are always some who missed it.. including me.

Reposts are fine after a year or so, and this was a great one. Thanks!

It was such a good story I was sure I'd read it before on here and well worth another read

Is there a movie about a similar story? We've talked about something vaguely resembling Kent's post with my mom last week and I don't think she has seen this in writing (certainly not on HN, ha).

There is a 2022 french movie with the same premise (an elderly woman on her way to a hospice asks the taxi driver to drive her through Paris):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14586118/

Ah thanks! Macroexpanded:

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3918783 - May 2012 (188 comments)

The URL of that one (http://www.zenmoments.org/the-cab-ride-ill-never-forget/) includes more background info, including the book this piece was published in.