I wasn't expected to remember this....
So I'm writing it down in the hopes of remembering it for the future.
This past weekend, my aunt died of widespread liver cancer. It was unexpected, sudden, and vicious. My mother knew this aunt since my mother was nine or ten, so it's been like losing a sister for her. I haven't seen this aunt since I was fourteen, I never knew her well, and medications have riddled holes in my memory. Still, I remember how much she smiled when we came to visit, and how beautiful that made her in my eyes. I emailed my mother to tell her this, and was told both that she didn't think I'd remember that, and she was very glad I did. Aunt Wilma smiled all the time, apparently, and if my mother could have chosen one thing for any of her daughters to remember, it was that.
I'm disabling comments on this one, but if you could spare a thought or prayer or light a candle for those members of my family who were closer to my aunt, it would be much appreciated.
This past weekend, my aunt died of widespread liver cancer. It was unexpected, sudden, and vicious. My mother knew this aunt since my mother was nine or ten, so it's been like losing a sister for her. I haven't seen this aunt since I was fourteen, I never knew her well, and medications have riddled holes in my memory. Still, I remember how much she smiled when we came to visit, and how beautiful that made her in my eyes. I emailed my mother to tell her this, and was told both that she didn't think I'd remember that, and she was very glad I did. Aunt Wilma smiled all the time, apparently, and if my mother could have chosen one thing for any of her daughters to remember, it was that.
I'm disabling comments on this one, but if you could spare a thought or prayer or light a candle for those members of my family who were closer to my aunt, it would be much appreciated.