Robin reached out in response to my call for conversations.
She couldn’t travel to the Berkshires when her sister scattered their mother’s ashes alongside their father’s, decades after his death. Instead, her sister saved some ashes for her. Robin keeps them in her mother’s old jewelry pouch and carries them with her to political marches.
We met at her light-filled home at the end of a leafy cul-de-sac, surrounded by color and art. As we sat together, she spoke about her mother, their loving yet strong relationship, and how her mother’s ashes continue to be an active presence in her life.
This is Robin’s story.
NOTE: Her father made the sculpture in the photo that sits next to her mother's ashes. She speaks about it in the interview.
