Wow, how heartbreaking, Patricia. Did your mom mourn the loss of her watch? How emblematic that is on multiple levels. She was robbed of a dreamt of future while being literally robbed of a beautiful dreamt-of timekeeper. Her most cherished worldly possession. And the feeling that you were robbed too comes through so strongly. Also, the way she was laid low at mass right after the joy you felt together at your bridal celebration. I can see how being reminded of that watch would signify so much. It was just snatched away as, in a way, she was. So maddening and so heartbreaking.