For my mother’s memorial, we wanted to do something special, so we went through all our photos–and asked friends and family to do the same. Together, came up with over a hundred of the best pics we could find chronicling my mother’s life.

Click here to see the pics.

My mother’s death and the week of unpleasant responsibilities ending with the memorial and burial: it’s finally over. The pain and sadness and devastating grief is still with me. However, I must admit that I do feel relieved that’s all over, and now I can try to begin the process of healing.

We will be honoring my mother on Wednesday May 24th at the Chapel of the Chimes on Mission Blvd. in Hayward, CA. Everyone is welcome to join us, but please, do not wear black. My mother’s favorite color was purple, and so we will be wearing that instead.

Services start at 1:30pm.

1:30pm to 2:30pm open casket visitation for those who need to see her and say goodbye

2:30pm to ? closed casket memorial services with burial to follow

After that we will return to our house for a party in my mother’s honor. This is a party, not a wake. My mother would be very upset if we didn’t try to laugh and remember the good times =)