title: Dear Mother: Letters of Tribute and Remembrance
author: Jo Nelsen
description: Jo Nelsen is an author, editor, and certified coach empowering writers to tell their stories. She has a bachelors degree in education/English major, from the University of Alberta. She is co-author of a screenplay, The Ring, novelized by Doubleday, a featured poet on CBC Radio Canada, and has been a journalist for publications including The Hollywood Reporter. Jo lives in Pasadena, California. Her story, Sisters Song is included in her CD of original songs: Fantasy Woman.  ASIN: B000063KEM
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  [DEDICATION](part0002.html#ded)
  
  
  
  
  
  Thanks to my Mom and Dad,
  
  
  
  
  
  Ronald and Mary Ann,
  
  
  
  
  
  For their inspiration, their unconditional support, and their lifelong
  
  
  
  
  
  example of how to love . . . now together again, forever in peace.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0001.html#UGI0-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](part0003.html#2RHM0-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Maps](part0004.html#3Q280-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Notes from the Historical
  Record](part0006.html#5N3C0-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Notes From the Scientific
  Record](part0007.html#6LJU0-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epigraph](part0008.html#7K4G0-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0009.html#8IL20-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [FIRST: Mummification](part0011.html#AFM60-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0012.html#BE6O0-3e609f8dea14468cb29d835da691edb4)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](