http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 03:45:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/losing-a-mom-to-cancer-soon-af.html http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/losing-a-mom-to-cancer-soon-af.html#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:45:14 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=203967 writes about losing her mother to cancer, not long after she became a mom herself. "When I started thinking about writing about losing my mom, I thought I would be able to fill pages with what exactly has been lost. But it sort of comes down to one thing that my wise 3-year-old said recently, when he didn’t want me to leave his room after a prolonged bath-books-bed routine. He grabbed my arm and wouldn’t let go and whined: 'But I want you forever!'" (HT: @aileengraef)]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/losing-a-mom-to-cancer-soon-af.html/feed 4