So much has happened.

 

Dolly was cloned.

DVDs.

Princess Diana and Michael Jackson died.

The Unabomber was caught.

The Lewinsky scandal.

The Euro.

Google.

Matthew Shepard.

Columbine.

Y2K.

The George W. Bush years.

Wikipedia.

9/11.

The War on Terror.

Enron.

The WIlliams sisters (tennis).

Tiger Woods (golf).

David Beckham (duh).

Lance Armstrong.

The Governator.

The Tsunami.

Katrina.

Pope Benedict XVI.

Netflix.

Blu-Ray.

Ebooks.

Harry Potter.

YouTube.

Buffy.

CSI.

The Daily Show.

The New Doctor Who.

The first African-American president of the United States.
 

I know that time inevitably passes, that life goes on. And I’m happy that my mother didn’t have to see some of the listed items. But then I think about what it would have been like to watch Doctor Who with her, and the pain of her loss is as sharp as it ever was.