Greetings

Two years ago tomorrow, six days after she died, we buried my mom. But today, another bit of her has passed away.

For two years I have resisted changing the message on our house phone's voicemail. It was just her saying her name - with a touch of annoyance, because it took us about six tries to get it recorded. Yesterday I got a message from my phone company that they had modified the voice messaging system, and I would now have to record a new greeting. So from now on callers to our house will hear me, not her. Her voice is gone.