My Sister Called to Say Mom Had Died—While Mom Was Standing Right Beside Me

in, loved in, and protected.

I unmuted the call. “Where is she now? I need to see the body.”

“You can’t,” Dominique answered quickly, the crying pausing for half a beat. “Because of the flu outbreak at the facility, they had to cremate her immediately. It’s what she would have wanted.”

I almost laughed out loud. Mama was a devout Baptist woman from Georgia continue reading …