Ashes

I knew the family, five kids, all grown and living in the same town. Their mother died and left instructions … she did not want to take up space in some lonely graveyard. Her remains were cremated and her children made a plan. The ashes would be one month with one, then one month with another, and so on. Time passed. They lost track. Who had the ashes this month? No one recollected ever having had the ashes. There were tears. Finally, they called the funeral home. They still had the ashes and would someone please come and pick them up?