Two Years After My Mom Died, What I’ve Learned About Being An Adult Orphan

My mom during WWII. She died Oct. 17, 2015.

Since I was in school, the date Oct. 26 has always been significant. That was the day my father died of a heart attack. He was 58.

Now, Oct. 17 is a significant date. My mother died that day, in 2015. She was nearly 102. (You can read my eulogy for her here.)