From a daughter-in-law’s perspective… It’s impossible to capture any one person perfectly, but this is my own brief remembrance of my mother-in-law, Maggie—a singular woman of great depth, contradictions, and quiet conviction, whom I was honored to have been embraced by for these past fifteen or so years. Maggie was: Strikingly intelligent! Well traveled! Wonderfully … Continue reading Remembering Maggie
remembrance
I miss you, Pop
The last thing Pop said to me was, “I love you, I love you, I love you.”
Are you still there, Mama?
07 September, 2021 Dear Mom, I can't believe you've been gone for 2 years now. I think of you almost every day, for one reason or another, and I miss you terribly. I wonder what your journeys have shown you since you left, and, recently, whether you and MauMau met up. I like to think … Continue reading Are you still there, Mama?
eulogy for mama
As I sat by my mom’s hospital bed through her illness, I never expected the outcome would be laying her to rest and crafting her eulogy.