Prologue

The last time I saw her alive was a long time ago, and it will never happen again. Mom’s funeral had just ended, and me and my family are heading to a mall to meet my brother. He invited us to eat out in a restaurant after the funeral, and we had just seen him together with his family at the funeral.

About my mother, whom we affectionately called Mom, we had last seen her last Christmas, where we came over to celebrate. She was not that weak, and her death came as a surprise to us because of that. Maybe, she had just missed us so much. Even at her birthday a couple of months ago, none of her children came over. We had just messaged our greetings online because we just can’t make it.

Her death made me and my brother’s world stop, and moving on will take some time. She had been such a good wife, a good mother, a good grandmother, and finally, a good person. Now, me and my family had arrived at the restaurant, and I can already see my loving brother coming up to greet us, with sad eyes and a happy smile. I hope this will be the start of a new chapter of my life, a life without my dear father and mother.

Don’t worry, mother, me and my brother will move on.

Yours truly,

Catherine