I released some of my mother’s ashes yesterday. I’ve never been part of scattering anyone’s ashes, and I wasn’t sure what the experience would be. I only hoped I wouldn’t have nightmares like I did for months after my father was buried in a casket. You can read about it here on my website.
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I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer. Check out my website (and my memoir) at www.gretchenstaebler.com.
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Gretchen, what a spectacular place you call your favorite and to seal that love of place with your mother’s ashes! It meant so much to me to read your shared words of this experience. Thank you. 🙏
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Thank you, dear Grace. It was a spirit-filled day.
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