When Dicey and Gram arrive back in Crisfield, the family buries the wooden box containing their mother's ashes under the paper mulberry tree in their front yard, which to the Tillermans is important to the family because of its fragility and beauty.
When Dicey and Gram return to Crisfield, the family interments the wooden box containing their mother's ashes beneath the paper mulberry tree in their front yard, which is significant to the Tillermans due to its fragility and beauty.