Joan Murray phoned me tonight with the news about your Mom. I’m sorry and sad at your loss. Even though we lost touch in recent years, I thought of all of you often. Your mom and I would talk about al kinds of things as we pushed you on the swings at the park, and laugh as we watched you putting on shows on the play structure in my back yard. That was all so long ago, but it seems like yesterday. We talked about God and faith, and your Mom said she wanted me to be her Confirmation sponsor because I was such a heretic. Father Fitz had quite a laugh over that one. Your mom was kind, and very honest. She loved you so much.
Loosing a mom is hard. We lived in our mom for nine months. That makes it a relationship like no other.
I offer you my deepest sympathy.
Catherine Cherry (Shaughnessy)
