A Smaller Family

[marram]

One of my brightest guiding lights has gone out.

Her given name was Joan Patricia Palmer, but she was always just Aunt Tiny to me. This week she lost her 3 1/2-year struggle with throat cancer.

I miss her a lot...

Comments

[cdwangs]

I'm sorry about your loss. I lost my grandma to lung cancer back in 1994, and I still miss her. She was a smoker, and to this day, I won't even date a smoker. I just don't think I could handle it.

[marram]

Thanks you.

It's never easy... I guess I'd kind of held onto the illusion that she was a bit more indestructible, because she'd survived breast cancer 10-years ago. Unfortunately, not...

[paxnirvana]

She was an awesome person indeed. *hugs*

[marram]

My Hun' was telling me about a conversion she and Tiny had last year, at Arleen's. It was one of those holiday get-togethers that feels more like a game of sardines than anything, thanks to the unwieldy size of my family. But Tiny wanted to tell her how happy she was about having her in the family, and then shared how she felt about being my aunt. Tiny managed to make her not only feel special, but even more proud about being married to me.

Tiny was one of the best...

[fyrebringer]

*hugs* i'm sorry to hear that ...

[marram]

Thank you... It still feels more than a little unreal. Going to the open service for my aunt helped, not that I'm the most religious person in the world. It was more the fact that 300+ people made the effort to come together and say goodbye to her. It was nice to know that so many cared about her.