Sep 02, 2009 23:07
My Great Aunt Loretta passed away this morning. She was my grandmother's next youngest sister. I grew up seeing her almost every weekend and going on vacations with her because my grandmother and her sisters were closer than any other family I have ever met. Her husband's funeral was the first one I ever attended, when I was in 3rd grade. It was hard as I got older and she became more and more reclusive, almost never leaving her house. I saw her for the last time over a year ago, when my sister-in-law and I took my nephew to visit her. I miss her already.