Charity Woodrum

Wow.

Jason really loved rivers and the forest.

And so I was able to find this river near the ocean, right by the ocean, so I could hear the waves, but I couldn't see them.

And it was just this very peaceful place.

And I, you know, poured his ashes in the river and they flowed out into the ocean near where it happened.

Yeah, my childhood best friends were there that day.

And afterwards, they said, you know, that that was that was magical because right as we pulled up and sat down, you couldn't even see anything.

It was just all fog.

And then suddenly this like wind came through and cleared out all the fog and you could see the sun.

And it was just this very beautiful moment.

Yeah, I mean, we'll... Like, I'm studying these clouds of gas and dust that are from exploding stars, and so eventually we'll be part of the same cloud of gas and dust again, and maybe we'll forge inside the same star again.

For Woody and Jason Thomas.

From the local universe to the first galaxies, the brightest moments in space and time occurred during our brief epoch together.

That light is unquenchable.

Yeah, definitely.

I don't think that will ever change.

You know, being Woody's mom is the best thing I've ever done.