inorganic substance we call ashes. So what I might call “Mom” is actually a pile of inert minerals indistinguishable from any other person’s remains. Put the stuff in the ground, and plants ...

After a devastating fire, her once humble home on County Road 625 became a pile of ashes. "Ni modo. Nothing. Nothing is left. Nothing, nothing,” Hernandez said. Hernandez and her daughter ...

Ash Wednesday – officially known as the Day of Ashes — is a day of repentance, when Christians confess their sins and profess their devotion to God. During a Mass, a priest places the ashes ...