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The last thing I did for my mother was illegal

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An urn cost more than my rent. So I scattered my mother’s ashes at Yosemite from a Ziploc bag, without the federal permit I couldn’t afford to wait for

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Wellness
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Guardian staff reporter
Published
Oct 16, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
Updated
Oct 16, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC

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