My mother stopped eating during the third week of October 2014. After decades of physical and mental … [Read more...] about The Lie I Told My Dying Mother
#funeral
Thanks, Mom! My Blog is a Winner
I’m going to New York as one of the winners in the BlogHer Voices of the Year Competition. Since 2005, BlogHer has presented … [Read more...] about Thanks, Mom! My Blog is a Winner
Four Weeks and a Funeral
A month ago, I followed Alice in Wonderland and fell down a mysterious rabbit hole and experienced events that must have been … [Read more...] about Four Weeks and a Funeral
Don’t Lose the Body: Eight Tips to Plot a Funeral
I’ve helped organize weddings, including a few of my own, but planning a funeral is a different type of hectic, emotional … [Read more...] about Don’t Lose the Body: Eight Tips to Plot a Funeral
Lessons I Learned from my Mother
Several years ago, my mother commissioned and helped design a two-story wall of stained glass windows for the new … [Read more...] about Lessons I Learned from my Mother
My Mother’s Body Got Lost
I’m trying to plan my mother’s funeral, but we have a problem. We can’t find her. My mother passed away Saturday after a … [Read more...] about My Mother’s Body Got Lost
