"Mom did not want to be cremated," Ms. Walls said over the din of the ATV engine. "And I just couldn't imagine putting her in a graveyard somewhere outside of town. She really wanted a green burial, and I thought it would be a lot of red tape — but it wasn't at all."
"And you know what?" she continued. "It wasn't that bad. I thought it would be kind of traumatic, watching somebody die, but there was something kind of beautiful about it. I mean, she just had such joy up until the end. We'd put her in the ATV and put bungee cords around her so she wouldn't fall out and drive her around the property. And she'd go, 'Stop! Stop! Look at the color of that flower! Isn't that beautiful?'"
"Like a week before she died, she was painting," Ms. Walls said. "In fact, we've got a whole damn garage full of paintings." She brought the ATV to a stop about 20 feet shy of two grassy mounds. They appeared to be almost melting into each other.
"So there they are," Ms. Walls said. "Mom and Dad."
The New York Times
By Jim Windolf Published March 18, 2023 Updated March 23, 2023
"And you know what?" she continued. "It wasn't that bad. I thought it would be kind of traumatic, watching somebody die, but there was something kind of beautiful about it. I mean, she just had such joy up until the end. We'd put her in the ATV and put bungee cords around her so she wouldn't fall out and drive her around the property. And she'd go, 'Stop! Stop! Look at the color of that flower! Isn't that beautiful?'"
"Like a week before she died, she was painting," Ms. Walls said. "In fact, we've got a whole damn garage full of paintings." She brought the ATV to a stop about 20 feet shy of two grassy mounds. They appeared to be almost melting into each other.
"So there they are," Ms. Walls said. "Mom and Dad."
The New York Times
By Jim Windolf Published March 18, 2023 Updated March 23, 2023
"Mom did not want to be cremated," Ms. Walls said over the din of the ATV engine. "And I just couldn't imagine putting her in a graveyard somewhere outside of town. She really wanted a green burial, and I thought it would be a lot of red tape — but it wasn't at all."
"And you know what?" she continued. "It wasn't that bad. I thought it would be kind of traumatic, watching somebody die, but there was something kind of beautiful about it. I mean, she just had such joy up until the end. We'd put her in the ATV and put bungee cords around her so she wouldn't fall out and drive her around the property. And she'd go, 'Stop! Stop! Look at the color of that flower! Isn't that beautiful?'"
"Like a week before she died, she was painting," Ms. Walls said. "In fact, we've got a whole damn garage full of paintings." She brought the ATV to a stop about 20 feet shy of two grassy mounds. They appeared to be almost melting into each other.
"So there they are," Ms. Walls said. "Mom and Dad."
The New York Times
By Jim Windolf Published March 18, 2023 Updated March 23, 2023
"And you know what?" she continued. "It wasn't that bad. I thought it would be kind of traumatic, watching somebody die, but there was something kind of beautiful about it. I mean, she just had such joy up until the end. We'd put her in the ATV and put bungee cords around her so she wouldn't fall out and drive her around the property. And she'd go, 'Stop! Stop! Look at the color of that flower! Isn't that beautiful?'"
"Like a week before she died, she was painting," Ms. Walls said. "In fact, we've got a whole damn garage full of paintings." She brought the ATV to a stop about 20 feet shy of two grassy mounds. They appeared to be almost melting into each other.
"So there they are," Ms. Walls said. "Mom and Dad."
The New York Times
By Jim Windolf Published March 18, 2023 Updated March 23, 2023
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