Thanks, Mum / Reader’s Digest
Although the Canadian edition of Reader’s Digest never published this letter to the editor, for me it’s still a meaningful tribute to my mother, who passed away on 7 April 2023, at the age of 88. I also used to read my mother’s copies of Reader’s Digest when I was a teenager, usually checking out the jokes and some of the “Drama in Real Life” pieces, and still had a look whenever I visited in the years since I left home. So this magazine, the Canadian edition, was a part of my life, too, not just my mother’s. Originally written 29 May 2023. +
Dear Editor,
When our family was cleaning out my mother’s home in British Columbia after she died in April 2023, I took home nine copies of Reader’s Digest that she hadn’t already recycled, including the May issue. I decided to read them all as a small way to honour her passing, and I was especially pleased to read “Thanks, Mom” in the last issue that arrived. It was an issue my mother never got to read after subscribing for probably 50 years. Thank you for being a trusted friend in my mother’s life.
Michael Dylan Welch
Sammamish, Washington
