post was describing. his mother was unapologetically a force. here is what he wrote. because she was my mother, the death of zaftig renee coren at the impossible old age of 84 is newsworthy to me and i treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for, well, nothing. a more disrespectful, trash-reading, talking and watching woman in north carolina, florida, or texas was not to be found. she played cards like a shark, bold and played cribbage like a pro, and laughed with the boys until the wee hours, long after the last pin dropped. she told me she came up with the name for sunoco. and i choose to believe this too. yes, renee lied a lot. she left me nothing but these lousy memories which i and my
a stunning headline in the new york post caught my eye over the weekend. quote, son s brutal obit of his plus sized redneck mother goes viral. the idea that a son would trash his dead mom and go viral for it, you can imagine why i found that distressing. then i took time to read the actual obituary in the fayetteville observer. it was nothing like what the post suggested. here was an obituary who paid tribute to a woman who was a force, flaws and all. here is what he wrote. because she was my mother, the death of zaftig renee coren at the impossible old age of 84 is newsworthy to me and i treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for, well, nothing. a more disrespectful, trash-reading, talking and watching woman in north carolina, florida, or texas was