Mom In Three Boxes

Today was the day Mom died three years ago, so today was the deadline I gave myself for getting her files completely sorted, and it is Done.

I put the lid on the last box and announced "Mom is officially dead." Gary said, "Your Mom will never really be gone," and that is true. When I later mentioned I'm $16,000 in the hole for the repairs and upgrades to her house, he said, "See, as long as you're in debt, your Mom will still be with us." So that's a comfort.

There was no LobSlau this year, because the last two have dissolved into me talking about death, and that's not fun. I did, however, mark the anniversary of her death with lobster on Friday night.

We went to Ruby Tuesdays, because we have neglected that chain restaurant for months now, and I ordered the Lobster Carbonara so that still a lobster may die for Mom, even if not by my hand.

I had asked them to go easy on the peas. I had a few bites. It was very light. A fair amount of bacon. Not much lobster. I pulled a forkful up to the light and looked through the strands for lobster. "How do you confuse 'peas' with 'lobster'," I thought.

A manager appeared. "There's no lobster in your carbonara," she announced.

"I was wondering about that!"

"I'm so sorry. The chef was in the kitchen with his hands full of lobster and was all, 'Where is that lobster carbonara? I wasn't done.' But someone had already served it to you."

So I handed it back over. She returned with a heavenly top sauce and loads of lobster and cheese. And, she asked, "Are you having dessert? It's on the house."

Well, yes, now I am. Cheesecake with blackberry sauce. Not, as Gary suggested, lobster sauce.

So, three boxes: one for family history and photos, one for legal files and certificates and misc., one for anything Mom wrote. That's a nice box. I'm keeping that one upstairs

Comments

[Autumn]

I can't believe it's been three years since your mom died. Wow. And I can't believe it's been awhile since I've visited your blog (my apologies).

[TheQueen]

Autumn - I know! I feels like an eternity. I think of her all the time, of course.