Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Writer Lauren DePino (left) is seen with her late mother, Cathy DePino. - Lauren DePino On the morning of my mom’s funeral, I ...

On the morning of my mom’s funeral, I arrived at the church before everyone else. Soon, people would begin trickling in. But first, I needed a moment alone with my mom. I didn’t know if I had it in me ...

I saw her, my chest catching, at her own mother’s funeral, her swollen under eyes glassy with tears. I sensed her, somehow, nodding in recognition, as my singing for her was unexpectedly holding me up ...