When is it finally time to take your Mom out of your phone contacts after she has died? Mom died at the end of 2017. This isn’t the first Mother’s Day I’ve spent without her. But it is only the second. I thought it would get easier, but I’m finding I miss her more and…
A few weeks ago, we moved my older sister out of the apartment she and Mom shared for the past 3 years. Mom died this past December. My sister didn’t really need that second bedroom, and the rent was higher than she could really afford. So,we helped her get settled down the road in a…
What exactly constitutes an heirloom? I have my grandmother’s beautiful art-deco engagement ring I was entrusted with because I was named for her. I wear it every day. I also have my paternal great-grandmother’s wedding band that was handed down to me. Her fingers were so small and thin I can’t even get it onto…