Date: August 29, 2017
…Well…I have a lot of aunts and uncles…and I don’t even know how many cousins…But, this was one of my aunts, I was actually close with.
I have so many memories…This is almost like losing grandma, all over again.
You know that aunt [and/or uncle] who’s always got the home, where everybody else congregates?…If there’s a summer cookout, it’s always at their place…That is what we just lost…
…A self reliant leader, who knew what she wanted to do…and she spent her life doing it.
You were always welcome at their home…and they were always happy to see you.
I learned to swim, and developed a love for water, in their pool…
…During the nineties, I was over weekly…often on Saturdays…watching pro wrestling, on their huge projection television [my uncle was a huge fan, also]…
…It’s a beautiful home, honestly…It will be hard to see it, without her there.
We knew time was short…Cancer…But seeing her only ten weeks ago, you wouldn’t have thought it would take her this quickly…She seemed remarkably good.
I just keep kicking myself…because I promised to stop and visit…and I was going to do just that…But not last time I was in the area, driving past their home, when I could see they were at home…I really wanted to make another quick stop, and get home…I was deceived by how well she’d been doing…I thought there’d be a few more months…maybe a year, or more…
I got the call within days…things took a rapid, grim turn…and she wasn’t receiving visitations…A few weeks later, and I find out she died.
It just seems unreal, how rapid it happened.
I will miss her.
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