It's been a year.And I don't think people actually get over heartbreaks of this kind. But things have become bearable for the four of us, my brother and my two sisters ( Read more... )

In an alternate universe, my mother would have eaten Mango Torte this afternoon. She would have complained that it was too cold and too stiff. It is still delicious, she would say ( Read more... )

Part of Christmas Dinner was spent crying over the fact that we are not spending Christmas with Mama this year, or for all our remaining years for that matter. Still, we know that we must accept things and be glad that she will not feel suffering anymore.

In cuter news:


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Dear Mama,

Do you know that today is JR's birthday? I am sure that in your part of heaven, you are celebrating him and his 24th year on this earth. I am sure, too, that you are telling everyone there about how you loved this boy: you called him your favorite son-in-law, if ever you had one; His grandmother would have been proud ( Read more... )

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Five days from now my mother will be 54 years old ( Read more... )