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

A thud as someone fainted. The organist hit a wrong note and froze. People stood, mouths open, hands to chests.

Mama walked down the aisle, steady and unhurried, flanked by security. Not a ghost. Not a vision.

Alive.

Dominique did not scream.

She went very still.

Mama stopped at the urn, looked down at it, then lifted her cane and knocked it over.

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