Someone’s mother died yesterday. Though it wasn’t unexpected it must have been heart-wrenching. She was a warm and funny lady with many many friends and though her name was Virginia everyone called her Boom Boom. Evidence of her personality I guess. Once she was sort of related to our family but divorce changed the relationship. Still. I feel for her daughters and her son, for her close friends, her church, her grandchildren. Tonight I sit on my deck and think about her… what a wonderful day she missed today… and how much she is being missed by her family.
Then I realize that perhaps she did have a wonderful day today – wherever she is. And that life after this was enhanced measurably yesterday by the arrival of a woman named Boom Boom.
God speed.
Change Is Hard 
July 28, 2010 at 7:55 am
Rest in peace Boom Boom. Only a special person could earn a nickname that grand.
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July 28, 2010 at 8:37 am
It sounds like she left behind ribbons of happiness for her loved ones; those ribbons will brighten their days for the rest of their lives. What more could one ask?
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July 31, 2010 at 8:01 am
I’ve heard it said that the soul rejoices endlessly as they move–wherever it is they move–into the afterlife. I accidentally typed “afterlight”. That the joy eclipses anything we’ve ever felt before. I don’t know if it’s true, but perhaps Boom Boom is experiencing that now.
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July 31, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I hope so.
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