We had the cousins over for play time during the day. That evening, we had the wake services for my Beloved Aunt Gina. She passed away on my birthday. She was such a special lady. So generous and thoughtful, kind and so so sweet. She always had a birthday card in the mail to all of us, every year, on time and in recent year, homemade cards....she always gave the perfect gifts and knew just what to say. I am so sad for what she had to go thru in the end...she had been suffering from breast cancer and subsequently got ill during chemo treatments and ended up having a heart attack and wasn't breathing for 30 minutes before she was brought back. She suffered brain damage. She never came to after that and it was a sad couple of weeks or so, waiting for things to change for the better....and they never did. Little did we know that her daughter, my cousin, was pregnant with her first child and had just told Aunt Gina and Uncle Mike a week before she ended up in the hospital....what a blessing for her to be able to know what it felt like to 'be a Grandma' which is something she would have been perfect at. It's strange how life deals you things like this....we lost Lisa, our Angel 10 months earlier...and then Aunt Gina, who was an Angel here on Earth too...2 very special people in my life....gone....like that....it's dumbfounding....it's sad....it's surreal....it's reality and I hate it. But thanks to Aunt Gina and my sister Lisa....for their love and kindness, which makes me want to be a better person, like they were....they are with our Heavenly Father now, in peace, together....till we meet again.
Anyway, we stopped for pizza at Gino's East after the wake since none of us had eaten dinner. Dad joined us and we had fun having a late dinner out...on a 'school night'. The kids did anyway. Love the seat....look closely.
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