OT: Aunt Bernice is dead
I've talked about my Aunt Bernice many times on this board. She is 91 years old, a real fighter. She had ovarian cancer at 60; they removed a grapefruit-sized tumor from her ovaries (the doctors wouldn't listen to her when she said she was having problems) ... she lived 31 years past when they said she should be dead. She had a shoulder replaced, she had strokes. She outlived an alcoholic and abusive husband (who she stayed with despite the abuse and nursed him while he died from cancer) and a daughter who had a brain tumor. She learned to drive in her 50s and held down a job at her daughter's home business into her 80s.
But at 91, the body wears down. This year, she had two bouts of colon cancer; this last one won out. She died today.
She was my father's only sister. She is the last one of my mother's generation of siblings and inlaws. So only my mom lives on now.
She lived a good life. I will miss her; I know my mom will miss her even more. My mom called me today after coming home from a baptism for my sister-in-law's granddaughter. She found that odd; welcoming one baby into the community as one other person died. But it reminded me of the song "And When I Die," "And When I Die, and when I'm dead, dead and gone, there'll be one child born, and a world to carry on."
And so life goes on. Madelyn Quick is baptized; Bernice Seibert is dead.
But at 91, the body wears down. This year, she had two bouts of colon cancer; this last one won out. She died today.
She was my father's only sister. She is the last one of my mother's generation of siblings and inlaws. So only my mom lives on now.
She lived a good life. I will miss her; I know my mom will miss her even more. My mom called me today after coming home from a baptism for my sister-in-law's granddaughter. She found that odd; welcoming one baby into the community as one other person died. But it reminded me of the song "And When I Die," "And When I Die, and when I'm dead, dead and gone, there'll be one child born, and a world to carry on."
And so life goes on. Madelyn Quick is baptized; Bernice Seibert is dead.
My prayers go out to you and your family on the loss of your Aunt. Losing someone close to you is hard..no matter what the age of them are. As we talked the other day, her job here is done and she was called home.
Please let your family know that you are all in my prayers. Are you going to the funeral or what are you going to do? Keep us posted, alright?
Love and hugs to you, Eileen.
Please let your family know that you are all in my prayers. Are you going to the funeral or what are you going to do? Keep us posted, alright?
Love and hugs to you, Eileen.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Eileen,
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your aunt Bernice!
Your bringing that song out and the analogy of the life and death cycle, is a reminder of my Mom's passing 8 years ago, as on the day my oldest grandson was born, my Mom had a stroke and died 3 days later. . .
Wishing your family and you peace at this time.
Hugs, Laureen
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your aunt Bernice!
Your bringing that song out and the analogy of the life and death cycle, is a reminder of my Mom's passing 8 years ago, as on the day my oldest grandson was born, my Mom had a stroke and died 3 days later. . .
Wishing your family and you peace at this time.
Hugs, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
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on 10/18/09 11:09 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
on 10/18/09 11:09 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
So sorry to hear about your loss!
I'm sorry for your loss. It's hard to lose the generation that preceded us - they take with them so much history. My parents died years ago and out of 8 aunts and uncles, only one aunt is left, and she has been the only one (sibling of my parents) for 26 years!.
Your aunt sounds like she was an interesting woman - getting her license in her 50s and holding down a job in her 80s. That's incredible and fascinating.
Margaret
Your aunt sounds like she was an interesting woman - getting her license in her 50s and holding down a job in her 80s. That's incredible and fascinating.
Margaret
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