Aunt Margaret died this week.
My own parents died, on the same exact day, of heart attacks, back in 1999.
Aunt Margaret helped me through that horrible day.
My aunt was the last of that generation.
She visited us often here in Las Vegas - sometimes twice a year.
I called her at least once a week - we laughed, recalled “old times” and she filled me in with stories of my parents when they were young.
I deleted her home and cell phone numbers on my cell phone today.
That was the hardest thing I have had to do in many years.
Thanks, and thanks for asking.
We live near Green Valley Ranch Casino, and she loved that place. Funny story about that - it is a huge casino, but Aunt Margaret had problems with walking everywhere EXCEPT there! That woman would zip from one slot to the next, and if we didn’t pay attention, she would be half a mile away. We would often spend quite a bit of time trying to find her, and her kids would be amazed to hear we lost her as normally she could barely get from her living room to the kitchen - but in Vegas, well…she followed the shiny machines at a break-necked pace.
Otherwise, was quite happy to sit out in our backyard and read her books.
She loved to tell her kids the story of me locking her out in the backyard when it was 113 degrees…actually, she shut our backyard door so hard it got stuck…but she made it sound like we did it on purpose. Poor woman was back there for a few hours (I was at work, and my significant other was sleeping - he works nights). At any rate, she had her usual beer (with ice cubes!) in a glass, so she wouldn’t die of thirst, but she loved to tell that tale. She most certainly had to go to the bathroom when he eventually woke up and discovered she went missing and opened the patio door.
I’m so sorry for you loss. I also had a beloved aunt who I lost almost a year ago – I’m trying to figure out if I can find the money to go down for the burial of her cremains on the anniversary of her death.
Damn, I hate people who drag their own not entirely relevant stories into condolence threads. Sorry.
My best wishes to you and everyone who loved Aunt Margaret.