Thanks For Being Here - Sara DuMond's Eulogy for her Mom

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Listener Sarah DuMond shares the eulogy she gave for her mother - a woman who embodied the motto, "Take a Tylenol and wear the damn heels." Sarah reflects on navigating life in what she calls, "the sacred Venn diagram of daughter, mother, wife", while planning both a funeral and graduations in the same month. Her tribute captures a remarkable woman who was crowned West Virginia University's Mountaineer Queen, had a self-declared theme song and approached life's challenges with grace and practicality. It's a beautiful portrait of how the women of a certain generation lived with strength, sweetness and an unshakeable sense of what truly mattered - and a reminder that we're all leaving legacies whether we realize it or not. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. Welcome to Thanks for being here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many
0:05.4	essential and beautiful ways we affect one another. Every Sunday, I'll read a submission from a
0:12.1	listener of Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Could be wedding vows or a bat mitzvah toast, a eulogy, or
0:17.3	retirement speech. We believe this is probably the loveliest way to tap into our better
0:22.8	selves and remember our highest values. We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one
0:29.1	person you love. Maybe someone you miss and need to bring closer, someone you want to feel
0:34.5	your appreciation or admiration or both.
0:40.0	This is thanks for being here.
0:51.2	Today's thanks for being here comes from a listener named Sarah Dumond.
0:52.5	She says,
0:56.3	Hi, Kelly, I actually emailed you a copy of my dad's obituary about a year and a half ago, and you were so kind and replied back to me not only with sweet
1:00.0	words of condolence, but also a nod to the words that I had chosen to describe my dad. Like
1:05.8	Greenie, he was pretty special. I'm sad to say that I just recently also lost my mom. They'd been married for 60 years
1:13.7	when my dad passed away. I think my mom decided that 18 months apart was plenty. About six months after
1:20.5	my dad died, I moved my mom closer to me to live in an independent living community. It was a
1:26.6	decision that was not easy,
1:28.2	but one that she ultimately embraced,
1:30.3	whether for her own benefit or mine, I'll never know.
1:33.6	Like you and many women of our generation,
1:35.8	it's been a season of lots of life changes all at once for me.
1:40.4	Two weeks ago, we gathered family and friends
1:42.5	from my mom's memorial service.
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