I Sucked It Up.

[eyesthatslay]

I put on my big girl panties and went to my Aunt J's visitation. Hubby went w/me. I had several old family photos - childhood photos of my other Aunts, C & P, and a few of Aunt M. I decided the visitation would be a good time to give those photos to my cousins (daughters of Aunt P), and Aunt M. Aunt P's daughters teared up when they saw the school

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[grey853]

I'm so glad it went well. It's always emotionally draining dealing with family under those kind of circumstances.

I hope it works out and you are able to keep in touch with your cousins. That would be nice.

[eyesthatslay]

Thanks so much. It was draining, but I had a good nights sleep and feel pretty good today. I hope the keeping-in-contact works too. Thank you. I've already had a couple of friend requests from cousins on my FB, and sent a few out too. :)

[teragramm]

I read your post yesterday and then had to leave to go to a meeting, so I never got to reply.

I'm glad you went to your aunt's visitation, it was the right thing to do. We all know "the right thing" isn't always the easy thing, so I'm glad it all went OK.

So sorry for your loss.

[eyesthatslay]

Thank you so much for your kind comments. Yes, sometimes doing the right thing is about as much fun as a root canal, but in this instance it went as well as it could have. Thanks again.

[desdemonaspace]

Wow. That must be the fabled "steel magnolia" I've heard so much about. I am proud of you. (I don't think I could have been so gracious, but I am a damn yankee.)

Do you remember me from WriterCon? I roomed with Married_in_Mich, Mommanerd, Spiralleds, and Maggie77.

[eyesthatslay]

I don't know about all that. I had to practically drag myself kicking and screaming at first. Haha! Not very graceful there! But, thank you very much. :)

I totally remember you! I was so glad to meet you, and tons of other people on my flist. :D WriterCon was SO much fun. I think about it, and all the people I met a lot. Good times!

[cordykitten]

I'm glad it turned out well for you after all. Hope it staying in touch with your cousins will work. *hugs*

[eyesthatslay]

Thank you, sweetie. :)

[yeuxdebleu]

I put on my big girl panties and went to my Aunt J's visitation.

Love the "big girl panties" line. :>) I'm sure you feel better for having gone and I'm glad to hear it went OK.

[eyesthatslay]

Ha! Thank you. I'm glad it went well too. :)