survivors

Legally, we are. Heirs & survivors of the estate of our late mother. but what estate? The person in control of the conjugal partnership will probably just say that there are no conjugal assets to account for, liquidate and distribute. We can go on and on, deluding ourselves that settling the estate & getting a piece of what Mom was legally entitled to would be the just, fair & equitable route for all heirs, but if it would mean drawing more blood, then we'd rather just live in peace and quiet.

plain and simple, my mother's only assets were us, her children. And her vivacious personality, artistic sense, the way she nurtured friendships, her joie de vivre... the other 'assets': the loud screaming shrilly voice, her REALLY itchy toes, her cloying attachment to her kids, are also part of what's left.

Over and above property and succession and family matters, we, all seven of us, are survivors in the truest sense of the word.

Because we continue to hold dear the principles and choices we have embraced.
Because of and for Mom.
Because we need to live if only to convince ourselves of what really is good, and just, and fair.
Because we are thinking, feeling, rational human beings.

the 7 fighter-survivors.
Fighting. Surviving.
Together.