Mother

I buried my mother today. This beautiful, smart, elegant and stylish woman succumbed to Alzheimer's early this century. That was the worst of it. Now we – the family – feel relieved.

As a child I was watching some French movie with her. She remarked that when I'm big, I should go to France. Well, I studied the language and lived there for a while. She later told me she'd been terrified all along. I reminded her of her own words – that I should go there.
"Well, that's what mothers are like."

Thank you, Mum.