My Father’s Lost and Found Corpse
What happens when your mother refuses to bury your father
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10 min readSep 19, 2019
I have tried and failed many times to imagine the exact words the funeral director selected when he called my mother to persuade her to pick up her husband’s body. The funeral had ended weeks before. And yet, there my father’s remains remained. I’m sure funeral homes must often call patrons to pick up something…