“Dead Mom Talking”

Originally aired on CBC’s The Sunday Edition in 2016
Winner of a 2016 Third Coast award and 2017 Gabriel Award

"If you want to talk to me when I'm dead, go to the bench." Elaine Mitchell said those words to her daughter Rachel a few days before she died. Her memorial bench now sits in a Toronto ravine under tall trees. Elaine was a teacher, writer and avid traveler. During the last seven weeks of her life she and Rachel binge-watched TV, traded dark humour, and they talked. Rachel recorded the conversations. That way, months after Elaine’s death, Rachel was able to get in one more conversation with the person she needed most.