“He thought she was sleeping, so he touched her arm, saying, “Dale, time to get up.” But she wasn’t sleeping. “She’s in a better place now,” Sonny told me. “A heart attack just after Mother’s Day – she wouldn’t have wanted it another way. She’s suffered a lot in life, and now she’s happy.”

“He thought she was sleeping, so he touched her arm, saying, “Dale, time to get up.” But she wasn’t sleeping. “She’s in a better place now,” Sonny told me. “A heart attack just after Mother’s Day – she wouldn’t have wanted it another way. She’s suffered a lot in life, and now she’s happy.”

— Rebecca Skloot