My friend Imrana called from Delhi to say how sorry she was about Mom. During the conversation, she asked me to put a flower on her grave from her. I told her we weren’t doing flowers. That [...]

I am still in the US with Dad. We spend almost every waking hour together and I continue to feel so grateful for this chance to be with him. He is a brave man. In spite of his age (86) and his [...]

The day of Mom’s funeral. Lucy still in her black dress, Owen, her nine year old son, still in his shirt and tie (the hat was his own addition). Lucy wanted to kiss the beloved boy. He had [...]

What a final thing the funeral is. We can no longer avoid the stark reality of death, the glaring fact that the person who was once our life, our sweetness and our hope, is no longer among us. [...]

Wakes are hard. There is the person you love so much, lying in a coffin, and here is this whole line of people filing by solemnly, tears in their eyes, groping for the right words to say, wishing [...]

My cousin Jay is one of my favorite people, and in spite of our meeting only once in ten years, we have a deep connection. He is a Little Brother of Charles de Foucauld, an order whose members [...]

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa was always one of my favorite things to do when we’d come to the US for summer vacation- we would have “serious” discussions , take a tour of the [...]

Isn’t this beautiful? Mom will be remembered as a gracious, gentle, wise and kind person. She was always concerned about the happiness and well-being of others. When I first met met her, I [...]

I want to share Mom’s obituary with all my friends. Patricia (MacGill) McGowan     McGOWAN, PATRICIA (MacGILL) age 84, of Providence, RI formerly of Somerset passed away Sat. June [...]

Mom died on June 21st at around 10 AM. I heard the news at the airport with Anand and my brother Christopher. We got home soon after and spent the afternoon at her bedside, gazing at her now [...]