Wind Swimmer by Doug Taylor

Wind Swimmer by Doug Taylor, originally uploaded by The River Thief.

Those of you who know me are aware of the fact that my mother died last week - Monday night for me, very early on Tuesday morning her time.

I am not ready to write about her yet, but I will have to - that, for better or for worse, is what writers do.

She wrote her own obituary, for which I am grateful. I am also grateful to my cousins who have reached out to me.

More on this subject later. But in the meantime, her obituary:

SEELEY, Lois (nee Potter)
Died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in her 82nd year after a 10-year struggle with interstitial lung disease (pulmonary fibrosis) at Valley View Villa, Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Lois was born in Ottawa West, Nepean Township, to the late Margaret Gertrude (Murphy) Potter and Andrew Boucher on February 28, 1926, and graduated from the High School of Commerce in Ottawa. She served proudly as a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps in World War II, attaining the rank of Sergeant, with postings to Ottawa, Saint John and Vancouver. She left when the CWAC was disbanded in 1946. In 1953, Lois married the love of her life, Allan Frederick Seeley, in Ottawa, where their only child, Ruth Elizabeth Seeley, was born in 1955. Lois and Allan worked for many years for the Federal Government in Ottawa, and in 1974, Allan returned to the Maritimes to a posting with Environment Canada. Unfortunately, he died young (64) in 1991. She is survived by her daughter, Ruth, Burnaby, B.C. At Lois's request, her body has been cremated. Interment at a later date in Ottawa, Ontario. Arrangements entrusted to Colchester Community Funeral Home, Truro, Nova Scotia. Very many thanks to Dr. Debra Morrison for her care and devotion over the past 10 years.