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"My mother got a welcome phone call the other day. The call was from a relative, a relative who lives here in town, a relative checking in with my mother.  My mother is the matriarch now; she was born here 90 years ago in straight-up Midwestern style. She is the remember-er of stories and lineage. She knows who lived in whose house three generations ago and what their dogs&amp;#039; names were, where they worked, who they married, and usually an attendant sparkling detail.   Like this. About a man named Yearling.  &amp;quot;They used to call him &amp;#039;Venus,&amp;quot; my mother said.  &amp;quot;Venus? Why would they call a man Venus?&amp;quot; I quizzed her.  &amp;quot;Because he was so beautiful,&amp;quot; my mother told me.   I&amp;#039;ve had a crush on poor, long dead Venus Yearling ever since.  The relative who called that day had just come from the cemetery. The cemetery which holds close all the souls of our community for as many generations as my mother can remember. The caller knew that my Mom does not get out much, but she wondered about this hallowed, spiritual, familial ground.  &amp;quot;Do you cemetery?&amp;quot; the relative asked my mother.  &amp;quot;Of course I cemetery!&amp;quot; my mother answered. &amp;quot;As a matter of fact, D.G.and I cemetery quite a bit!&amp;quot;  When she recounted this story, I really had to laugh, because now we have a whole new word to add to our vocabulary. When my father&amp;#039;s birthday comes around, and on Veteran&amp;#039;s Day, I will ask her if she wants to cemetery, and we&amp;#039;ll laugh again. I will go off through the stones in search of Venus Yearling, while Mom sits in the car, talking quietly to Daddy, just the two of them, finally, again.  D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com.  Photo credit: Marcia Smilack "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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