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Mom fell victim to a secondary infection that shut down her lungs and heart. My sister was with her during Mom's last few moments, exactly a day before I was supposed to be there. Mom died exactly two weeks after lapsing into a coma. She was in-urned a week after that. I was fortunate enough to place her ashes into the vault next to my Father's.

The past is gone. Only shreds of it remain with my siblings. My fond memories and childhood have been ripped from this plane and now are black and white, archival records of time long ago that can never, ever be relished in again without melancholy.

For those of you with living parents: Call them today for no other reason than to hear them. Visit them if possible. Pour through old photos with them and have the descriptions of each written on the back. Treat them extra kindly as their mortal coil may be sloughed all too soon.

My Mom's was.

Now I'm an orphan. Annie made it seem all so much more glamorous.