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Bereavement

UrbScotty

(23,988 posts) Thu Oct 1, 2020, 12:07 AM Oct 2020

Mom's obituary [View all]

I started writing it a few weeks ago, when it was clear that she wasn't going to be with us much longer. I thought about some of the things by which I wanted people to remember her. I mentioned some of these things during my last conversations with her last week; I wanted her to know the impact she had.

I didn't just want people to know that she died - I wanted people to know that she lived.

https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/grandrapids/obituary.aspx?n=karen-ann-urbanowski&pid=196869626&fhid=10156

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Mom's obituary [View all] UrbScotty Oct 2020 OP

I am sorry for your loss. sheshe2 Oct 2020 #1

Well said, and so sorry. RGinNJ Oct 2020 #2

((UrbS)) blm Oct 2020 #3

Beautiful and I'm So Very Sorry for Your Loss DarthDem Oct 2020 #4

Beautiful testimony to a life well-lived! Thank you for mentioning Phoebe... that says it all about Karadeniz Oct 2020 #5

May your beautiful memories comfort you during this time of grief. pazzyanne Oct 2020 #6

She sounds so kind, devoted, and loving renate Oct 2020 #7

it's so tough, she was so young Hamlette Oct 2020 #8

That is a beautiful obituary. murielm99 Oct 2020 #9

How lovely. Thank you for sharing. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #10

wonderful obituary orleans Oct 2020 #11

When I was younger, Mom would take me along to visit with some of her friends UrbScotty Oct 2020 #15

so... do you do the midwestern goodbye now? orleans Oct 2020 #16

Every now and then, I do. UrbScotty Oct 2020 #17

Really good obituary KT2000 Oct 2020 #12

I am so sorry for your loss. You have written beautifully. LiberalLoner Oct 2020 #13

That's a beautiful and loving obituary. brer cat Oct 2020 #14