My mom was very ill with lung cancer.

I have two sisters and a half brother.

They never called nor came to see me

when mom was dying.

They were very cool and aloof.

When she died, there was a violent

thunder storm that shook the ground

and the windows in my house. 

The loud and deafening thunder

lasted from midnight until early

dawn.

The day of her wake was a

morbid, dark, rainy, thunderous

day.

They tried excluding me from viewing

her body at the funeral home.  But

they couldn’t control that, too.

I got in and viewed for two hours.

They don’t know this.

When I left the funeral home, the

sun shone brightly between the

clouds.  I felt the heat radiating from

the sun.  Was that you mom?

Did you think I wouldn’t come?

I did! 

Thanks for the wonderful

life I had with you and dad. 

I miss that life!  It was twenty-five

years ago. 

When it was time to attend the

church service I went.  Everyone

is allowed in church.

They cheated me out of the material

items she left behind after her death.

My half brother’s children received it

all.  I was denied everything.

They walked out with everything.

They took all the money too.

I was left a pauper.

Mom, I wonder if you knew what

was happening.

They walked away with everything

and left me naked.

Thanks Mom for everything.