Losing Mom: A Journey Through Grief (Part 5)
November 14, 2020 - Three Months Thursday night, the woman we worked with at Superior Monument called to notify me that mom’s headstone was in place at her grave. I worked from dark to dark yesterday, so we made a plan to visit the cemetery today to see it. The three of us were graciously joined by Dad, Grandma Otterbein, and Grandma Morris. It was a bittersweet day, to say the least. To say more, it was quite heartbreaking. Grandma Otterbein couldn’t believe she had to visit two of her daughters in a cemetery. She hates that mom had to pass so young. She’s upset that she can’t see well enough to even see their headstones, one right next to the other. As she sat in her wheelchair, I guided her hand across the face of both stones, telling her what words she was feeling. I told her seeing the stone didn’t make it any easier. She said she knew that... Similarly, it was quite lovely. The three of us did pretty well picking out her stone. And as much as I don’t want to need it,