In Loving Memory Of:
Lydia-Marie James Mitchell. Loving wife and mother.
March 5, 1979-June 30, 2014
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Once met, never forgotten. Uncompromisingly unique. Generous of heart, constant of faith.
Remembered with love.
I read the writings displayed on my mother's gravestone. I looked at the orchids that I brought, before I laid it on the grave. She loved all flowers, but orchids were her favourite. I looked over at the grave beside hers. It was my father's. She was buried right beside him and for some reason, I know that they were both happy.
It was a Saturday, the fifth of March, her birthday. It has been a tradition to visit her grave on her birthday to bring a different flower. It has been three years since she passed, so it was now her third birthday not spent alive. I still miss her a lot, but I know she wouldn't want me to be sad forever. She would want me to move on with my life and be happy.