3/15/2005 10:43:00 AM|||Chench|||My family lost a friend last week. Someone I called my Aunt. Our family and hers have been friends since before I was born. I have some vivid memories of my childhood with her. I remember her babysitting me and being more afraid to piss her off than my own mother. She was a tough coookie!. I remember her helping my mom take care of me when I had the chicken pox, family picnics and spending many evenings at her house for dinner with my family. She was always laughing and trying to see the light in the worst situations. Laughing to deal with hard times. I remember her at my moms funeral talking about mom and making jokes in the funeral parlor while wiping tears from her eyes.

All vivid images for me. Aunt Carol will be missed by us, but never forgotten.
|||111090245771270241|||A gardener like that one no one can replace.

Elton John -- Empty Garden