Auntie Is Dead. (4)

Posted by Ima_Kant on Fri 15 May 09, 12:34 PM to Ima_Kant's blog.

I could hear the rain pattering down.

I couldn't see it - my curtains were still drawn.

I had slept late.

The phone by my bedside rang.

'Bloody cold sellers!' I thought.

Wrong.

It was my cousin (through law).

"Bad news: Auntie passed away yesterday."

We talked earnestly; we talked trivia.

The receiver was replaced.

Auntie...

My Great Auntie to be accurate.

She was 94... and died of old age.

She had saved my Great Uncle from loneliness and an early death through too much drink.

My mother had introduced them when they were in their early fifties.

She was kind to me when I was little - kind all the time.

She had a great sense of humour.

The last time I had seen her I had welled up:

Emaciated and sleeping the rattly and wheezy slumber of those close to the end.

In fact I hadn't recognised her at the end of the ward - thought they had mistakenly put the wrong name at her bedside.

I feel sad but still can't quite grasp the fact that she has gone.

She's not suffering anymore which is a relief.

Enough said.

Edited Mon 14 Dec 09, 12:28 PM by Ima_Kant

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15 May 09, 12:44 PM Lascif 3 yrs	I am so sorry for your loss. Allow yourself time to grieve and take care. PM x Intrigue my imagination to capture my attention.
15 May 09, 12:48 PM Dunbok UK(PA), 10 yrs	I know how you feel I have just come back from my aunts funeral in London, She was the last of that elder generation in my family all parents aunts and uncles have now gone and i find myself along with my cousins as the new elder generation. Dogs have owners Cats have staff
15 May 09, 12:49 PM Butterscotch UK(RM), 3 yrs	Sorry to hear of your loss, particularly at a time when you are feeling fagile yourself xx Mess with me you must be a brave man
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