I wish I could say I had some input on the obit but my sisters did most of that. Then, after they got it into the Bangor Daily they realized they left someone out. Such is life.

I have always (at least in the last 10 years or so) referred to my mother as a "tough old bird" and she was. She loved living at the farm even in winter. When my father died she realized that she was alone for the first time in her life. Until she married she was in her parents' house then with my father for the 60-odd years of their marriage. She was always with him and/or kids for all that time.

Some time after Dad was gone she pointed this out and commented that she loved being on her own. She was never lonely. She had friends. Her kids were always calling her. Help was a quick call away.

And she was always an innocent. She didn't understand the ugly side of people and she didn't want to. She was one of the beautiful people.