Homecoming

Sometimes people donate their bodies to science.

When a school is done with the remains, they are cremated and returned to the family.

Cremains are usually mailed registered mail.  I signed one such package over today, and the elderly woman said he was being returned to her on his birthday.

The package was somewhat hefty and she seemed somewhat frail and I offered to take it to her car.  She accepted and the small girl with her asked what the package was.  She told the child it was hard to explain but it was something special.

I placed the package in the seat behind her and they drove away.