Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Humor Global Honorable Mention - Mom's last gift

Author(s)

Tara Powers

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

2-28-2020

Abstract

Most people would never find anything funny about their Mother's death. Most people are normal. But if you'd known my Mom and her Irish sense of humor, you'd swear she planned this. Mom slipped into a diabetic coma while I was fifteen hours away, camping in the mountains with my young daughters.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Powers, Tara, "Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Humor Global Honorable Mention - Mom's last gift" (2020). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 958.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/958