I'm finally posting VivaMom's obit here, it will be her Birthday March 17

[orleans]

4. i'm so sorry for your loss

your mom sounds wonderful

after my mom died i decided to continue celebrating her birthday by having a dinner with some of her favorite foods (or something i knew she'd like) and even a cake. maybe it sounds crazy, but i even set a place at the table for her. and put a single candle on the cake.

i don't know -- her birthday was one of the family traditions in a way, and suddenly stopping it seemed so heart-wrenchingly difficult for me. i mean, we always celebrated it together, i was always happy she was born, (i still am), so why should i pretend the day is just like any other?

that first mother's day without her i even bought a card, wrote in it and tucked it away.

it's a lovely tribute you posted. and memorial donations to a county museum is a wonderful idea. i bet she appreciated that.

"She will be greatly missed on this earthly plane, but she has joined her beloved ancestors on another." what a beautiful thing to say that speaks of life's continuum.

my heart goes out to you.