I Call BS!

This obituary appeared in the Vallejo Times Herald on August 16. I’ve deleted all the names. If you want to see who this is about you’ll have to visit the Times-Herald, because this post isn’t about dragging anyone through the mud. It’s about the impact of each of our individual lives on the many lives around us. Think about yours.

1929 - Aug. 7, 2008
XXXX, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. She will be met in the afterlife by her husband, XXXX, her son, XXXX, and daughter, XXXX.

She is survived by her daughters [6 names], and son XXXX; grandchildren, [19 names]; great-grandchildren, [21 names]. I apologize if I missed anyone.

XXXX had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing.

Her family will remember XXXX and amongst ourselves we will remember her in our own way, which were mostly sad and troubling times throughout the years. We may have some fond memories of her and perhaps we will think of those times too. But I truly believe at the end of the day ALL of us will really only miss what we never had, a good and kind mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. I hope she is finally at peace with herself. As for the rest of us left behind, I hope this is the beginning of a time of healing and learning to be a family again.

There will be no service, no prayers and no closure for the family she spent a lifetime tearing apart. We cannot come together in the end to see to it that her grandchildren and great-grandchildren can say their goodbyes. So I say here for all of us, GOOD BYE, MOM.

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