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Freshly Dug Graves (A list essay on what to expect when you lose your mother.)

January 11, 2019

Freshly Dug Graves: image of a freshly dug grave. Photo Credit: Lauren Housman.

-Less than 24 hours home from vacation, I reach for my phone. To call my mother to say I’m back, that I’ll visit soon. Then I remember, she’s no longer here. -Flying back east from our Arizona Fiesta Bowl adventure, I check my phone calendar. “Order flowers for Mom’s January 15th birthday.” Throat tight, I delete […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Family Tagged: death, death of a mother, grief, what to expect when you lose your mother, what to expect when your mother dies

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Because just a few days ago I was going around the house singing, “Snow, snow, go away! Come again another day. Or another week, or month, or winter.” And it did! The white stuff is melting to a fair-thee-well. 

Today with its 66°, sunny, breezy weather has been such a treat. I do love snow, but boy howdy! Have we had a lot this year! 

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