Bummer.Lost my Aunt on Saturday to cancer.Went to the (what we call meet-n-greet)...or viewing of her body at the funeral home last night and I was devastated at how she looked.Real puffy,as she's always been a thin type person with a eal giggly-fun personality.Always the business woman(until she started having heart attacks,then the cancer took over.But she was a top ecec at the Exxon Corp. for a long time,and other positions of authority,but yet could make you laugh in a heartbeat.She was one of a kind.
When I arrived,most of my family wasn't there yet,and I actually thought I was in the wrong room when I looked down the way at the casket at my aunt.It just didn't look like her at all.Then as I started really looking around the room,I noticed semi-familiar faces.They were cousins that I had grown up with/got into trouble with/did our first puffs on a cig,things like that/talked for hours about the male anatomy(lol)/hunted Easter eggs every year with/Christmas/and other holiday's,etc...etc..Then most of my really close cousins moved from Texas to California and I haven't seen any of them since.My aunt and her 3 kids first,which was a heartbreaker for me,as me and my cousin were really really close growing up.So it was a shocker to see them all GROWN after so many years.lol
I sure hated getting to see them under those conditions,especially my cousins that lost their Mom,my Aunt.All-in-all though...the mood really wasn't as devastating and gloomy and sad as I thought it would be,I suppose because Aunt Sue was racked w/ pain due to the cancer just ravaging her insides.So she's in a MUCH better placeUp there w/ my sweet sweet Granny where there is no pain at all.
I'll see ya up there Aunt Sue.May you rest in peace.
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Aunt Sue left us
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Sorry to hear about your loss, Tammi. And you're right...if she was racked with pain, you know she's in a much better place now where there is no pain!
Take care, sweetie!
I am sorry for you loss, Those that live in the hearts of others
never die. Remember your Aunt in best of times.
It is too bad that a funeral brings us together with family that we have not seen in long time.
Thanks Stacy & Oceanbug*.Her pain was so unbearable there at the end,that I hate admitting that I'm glad just knowing that all the pain is gone.
You are so right Oceanbug.I would rather think of her getting agg at me playing Skip-Bo or Uno when I flub up w/ my cards.lol...she tickled me so much,getting REAL SERIOUS about not letting the wrong card "fly".She made sure the games were played correctly,or I can hear her now"Tammi,if your not gona play right,I'M GONA JUSY QUIT"!!(lol)
Welllll....I didn't do it on purpose,I'd tell her.ha ha
i'm sorry to hear about your loss, i'm glad you have lots of fond memories of her...
my grandma is ill at the moment and i've been thinking about posting some memories of her from my childhood, maybe i should...
*big hugs*
My heart goes out to you Tammy, stay strong.
My heart goes out to you Tammy, stay strong.
I'm so sorry for your loss, it's always difficult to say goodbye, despite the circumstances.
sorry to hear about your aunt..when my grandad died more than 10 years ago, it actually surprised me too, all the relatives that came out of the woodworks..LOL *hugs*
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