Stories written by Jessie Stegner

What I Never Got to Say: Writing (and Rewriting) My Mother’s Eulogy

As an exercise in processing my grief, I decided to write my mother a eulogy. I imagine what I would want to say to both her and others present. While these words won’t be read at a gravestone or in a church, I’ve spent hours composing them, uncovering old memories and buried feelings in the process.