When my mom died unexpectedly in 2013, I made a promise to spread her ashes in all of the places I go to from then on. This is where she has gone thus far…
2022
Lopburi, Thailand – November 10Ayutthaya, Thailand – November 9Gulf of Thailand, Koh Tao, Thailand – October 31Tsigrado Beach, Milos, Greece – October 21Hill of the Nymphs, Athens, Greece – October 18Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania – October 13Bosporus Strait, Istanbul, Turkey – October 9Keansburg, NJ – September 24Pittsburgh, PA – September 23Akron, OH – September 22
Dala Hill, Kano, Nigeria – May 3Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda – March 18Lake Mulehe, Uganda- March 15Somewhere north of Kigali, Rwanda – March 14Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania – Jan. 3
2021
Galena, Illinois – July 13Nile River, Cairo, Egypt – October 17Luxor, Egypt – October 21Matemwe Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania – Dec. 30
2020
Spree River, Berlin, Germany – January 2Vltava River, Prague, Czech Republic – January 5Johannesburg, South Africa – March 1Obudu Mountain Ranch, Cross River State, Nigeria – Dec. 21
2019
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO MarchMississippi River, New Orleans, LA May 25Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA June 7Northfield, MN June 26Mount Rainier National Park – July 8West Seattle, WA July 7Abuja, Nigeria – Aug. 24Victoria Falls, Zambia – October 14Chobe National Park, Botswana – October 15Elmina Castle, Elmina, Ghana – November 29Lagos, Nigeria – December 8Rhine River, Bonn, Germany – December 26Maas River, Maastricht, Netherlands – December 29
2018
Weligama, Sri Lanka June 25Minneapolis, Minnesota July 13Greenwood, IN OctoberOmaha, NE Nov. 11Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 27
2017
Outside her parent’s trailer in Weslaco, Texas AprilSouth Padre Island, Texas AprilNuevo Progreso, Mexico April Keflavik, Iceland. June 14 Rhine River in Cologne, Germany. June 16Outside Zoe’s house in Hergenrath, Belgium June 20Paris, France June 22At the highest point in the Aachen Forest, Germany June 20Vardar River, Skopje, Macedonia – JulyTirana, Albania JulyAdriatic Sea, Petrovac, Montenegro JulyPrizren, Kosovo on what would have been her 59th birthday, July 18Blagaj, Bosnia and Hercegovina JulyMostar, Bosnia and Hercegovina JulyDubrovnik, Croatia JulyWestern & Southern Open, Mason, Ohio August 12Memphis, Tennessee. Dec. 2
2016
Trakoscan, Croatia JulyVipiteno, Italy JuneBerchtesgaden, Germany JuneBratislava, Slovakia JulyBudapest, Hungary July Lake Bled, Slovenia JuneCesky Krumlov, Czech Republic JuneHallstatt, Austria JuneMississippi River, Fort Madison, Iowa MaySt. Louis December 11Dallas, Texas December 28
2015
Charlotte, North Carolina DecemberPotomac River, Washington DC August San Diego, California June Oxnard, California JunePunta Cana, Dominican Republic December
2014
Angel’s Park, Evansdale, Iowa JulyBoca Raton, Florida DecemberNiagara Falls, Canada July Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois JanuaryCentral Park, NYC August Fargo, North Dakota July
