words that work

 Words keep pouring in from my cousins about my stepmom's death. she was the last of her generation and many went out of their way to visit.

However, the best came from one cousin on my mom's refusal to eat or drink at the end. "Wasn't it an American Indian tradition to stop eating and go off into the wilderness to die?  Maybe I'll think of Norma as our family's irrepressible warrior!"

A tiny irrepressible warrior. She'd have loved that.