My Mother Fed the Man Behind Our House for Twenty Years—After Her Funeral, I Found Out He Was Family
I planted a row of sunflowers along the fence where the tarp used to hang.
I thought I was doing it for Joanne, who used to keep yellow flowers in a jar over the stove.
Then Lucas told me she had hated sunflowers as a kid because the heads followed the light and made her feel watched.
“Marigolds were her favorite,” he said.
“So you’re saying I planted the wrong memorial?”
“I’m saying she’d have grumbled the whole time and then asked for a photo when they bloomed.”
We laughed.
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