An afternoon ritual: park bench, birdseed.

Wistful glances at spirited youngsters and peacock-proud parents swapping milestone stories, recipes, gossip.

She used to bring her kids here to zipline, chase ducks, and pick pungent, sticky-stemmed dandelion posies.

Her life carried in her satchel, she disappears into twilight to join other Invisibles.

Melanie Cranenburgh wrote this story.