Who I Sorely Miss...

A friend of mine brought me out of the woodwork with this simple question above.

I miss my Great Aunt Jean. She was very sick with lung cancer after a life time of smoking. She and my uncle would call people for their birthday and sing on the phone. It wasn't your birthday until that call. She would always have dollar bills for the children at any gathering. She and my uncle would take me out for a special day when I was young. We would eat lobster tails and go for drives.

When Emma was born, she was so excited to see her. She could never hold her because of the oxygen and her lack of strength, but she admired her. I have a picture of her the night before she died just looking at Emma. Emma had just turned 2 and loved Aunt Jean as I did and still do. I was pregnant with Timmy and would be going for an ultrasound to find out the sex 2 days later. She passed the night before I had the ultrasound. She is the one person I wanted to tell. But I believe that she sent him to me. But boy would she have loved to see my children grow. They would have had her laughing every minute.

I miss her so much it hurts at times. It has been almost 6 years, but the memories are so fresh in my mind. I love her for that.