The concept of eminent domain suddenly has personal meaning

Except for a handful tossed into the Thames, my mother's remains are in a large and beautiful community garden in Baton Rouge. The gardener was kind enough to plant the Texas rose 'Caldwell Pink' at the site, and it has flourished there for several years.

Now there is talk that the road bordering the garden may be widened, and it if is, it may be necessary to bulldoze part of this lush garden, very likely the part where my mother's remains and rose are.