Mom - Finally Free

On Mother's Day we finally set Mom free.

Dad had 'filed' her ashes away on the shelf in the basement, insult on insult.

Two years had come and gone and we had insisted. Sarah arranged for the City to plant a tree at her favorite picnic spot on Lake Michigan. We were ready. It was a perfect day, she would have loved it - just cool enough to want the sun on you but not too hot. Dad, Sarah, Frank and I made our way to Diversey Harbor. We buried her with a memoir she'd written in anticipation of her granddaughter's birth and a few of her favorite flowers. It was as perfect as it could have been but it was just as raw as I thought it would be. Sadness and anger and regret and more sadness.

Our family is so different. She would be disappointed but she wouldn't be surprised. We are still a family, but we are different. 

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