Now That She’s Gone

Now That She’s Gone : A Daughter’s Reflections on Loss, Love, and a Mother’s Legacy by Chelsea Ohlemiller. The day your mother dies is the day you acquire a powerful and persistent new companion–grief. It is also the day you become the keeper of a legacy that has the potential to affect generations to come. Between a past you can’t let go of and a future you can hardly find the energy to think about, you stand. The ground may feel shaky, but it is sacred. And it must be tread.