*This is from the perspective from one of Alanna's children. I don't know which one it is though.*

My mom died a year later. The funeral was a nice and simple ceremony. There were many people there. They were all touched by her in some way or another. Everyone felt the loss of her life. It is going to be hard going on with out a mother. I don't want to be left here with out her to guide me. Life isn't as nice as I though it was. I know death is inevitable but I wish everyone could hold onto life just a little it longer. At least long enough to say one last I love you. At least that long.
I guess the main thing I learned from her death is no to hold back. If you hold back then you will always regret it. I wish I had told my mom more often that I love her. Now I don't have that change and I regret it.
As I laid a rose on her coffin I could feel her presence around me. I knew then that she would always be there to guide me. Always be here in my heart.