The Year Mom Died

By Matt Chatelain

This short autobiographical story examines the year when my Mom died. The lessons she learned and those I learned by being there, taught me more about living than about dying.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Matt Chatelain
• Release date: Apr 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9780988058217

Matt Chatelain

Born in Ottawa, fifty-two years ago, I have been the owner of a used bookstore I opened in Ontario, since 1990. I have been writing since I was ten. Beginning with poetry, I quickly moved on to short stories and non-fiction pieces. I stayed in that format for many years, eventually self-publishing a franchise manual, as well as a variety of booklets.Having semi-retired from the bookstore, I embarked on the project of writing my first serious novel, which I expanded to a four-book series after discovering an incredible mystery hidden within a French author's books.My interests are eclectic. I like Quantum Physics,Cosmology, history, archaeology, science in general, mechanics, free power, recycling and re-use. I'm a good handyman and can usually fix just about anything. I'm good with computers. I love movies, both good and bad, preferring action and war movies. I can draw and paint fairly well but am so obsessed with perspective and light that I cannot think of much else. I am too detail-oriented.I have been around books all my life. In my mid-forties, I decided to focus on writing as my future job. It took me five years to learn the trade. Now I know how fast I can write and how to develop my story and characters. I always wage an internal war to decide if my next story is going to be a mild mystery or a big stake epic. So far the big stakes are winning

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The Year Mom Died

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Matt Chatelain

Published by Matt Chatelain

Copyright 2012 by Matt Chatelain

Smashwords Edition April 2012

This short story is an autobiographical work . Names, characters, places and incidents either are used by the author's as recall of events in his personal life.

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Cover design by Matt Chatelain

Cover image: My mom's hands when she died

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The year Mom died

Author's Note

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The Year Mom Died

Mom phoned to tell me they were coming home.

My wife and I were in the process of buying a new house at the time, so, when I heard they were returning to Ottawa, I naturally assumed their decision had been brought about by a sympathetic excitement regarding my purchase. Up to that point, I had thought Mom and Dad would always remain on Vancouver Island forever. I even felt a bit guilty for having gotten them so excited about my house that they would sell their perfect retirement home.

Of course, I was happy with their decision. I had been alone in Ontario for decades. Over the years, my entire family had moved west, while I had remained behind in southern Ontario, safely ensconced in the second hand bookstore I