Today is our first Thanksgiving without mom. One Thanksgiving twenty years ago — maybe twenty-five? — she made a batch of amazing candied yams. I think she screwed up the recipe somehow, added too much brown sugar or left them in the oven too long, something like that. I thought they were the best thing […]
On the morning of September 27th, 2012 — a month and a half after my mom died — I sent this email to my attorney, Steve Phillips, of Pincus & Currier, LLP: Hey Steve, My sister (in Seattle) and I both received our mother’s ashes earlier this week. Both of them were poorly packaged and […]
About three weeks and three hours after mom’s death, my little sister sent me this text message: Dr. Buck just called to see how Mom was doing. He’s a good guy. If you had any questions, you could probably talk to him. I replied and asked: Out of the blue on a Sunday night? Huh? […]
While my little sister was working on writing mom’s obituary, she brainstormed and put together a list of assorted facts about her. She emailed me this: She was part of the second generation of her family to be born in the United States. She was born in Providence, RI, to Anne and Vincent Albanese on […]
Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary wrote me to say: Good Evening, I am writing to inform you that I have spoken with the pathologist who will perform the actual autopsy Saturday (08/25). Just wanted to touch base with you that we were in touch and also to share that I spoke with your sister […]
My sister sent me this message via SMS after reading the previous post: Mom’s glasses were more likely lost at Coastal prior to being taken to the ER or at Halifax. She had them on at Coastal when we were there. I hate that. I had to keep telling EVERYONE at the nursing home, ALF, […]
I am really astounded by the terrible design of the Florida Department of Children & Families website. It is so unfriendly and difficult to navigate. And I’m saying that as a web developer and not as a person trying to use the site. I cannot begin to comprehend just how intimidating and useless this design […]