Aunt Sis

Dave's Aunt Sis died earlier this evening. It's a moment that had been coming for a while now. She battled cancer over the last two years and did the best she could, but in the end that damn disease got the better of her.

She was a character, and I say that in the nicest of ways. She always seemed to be laughing and joking, and as Dave said just a few minutes ago, "we dug at each other." They were always carrying on about something, making it larger than it really was. But they did it with love for one another and that made it fun to watch the two of them go after each other. She faced some tough times through the years and still always had that smile.

Today is the 4th of July, Independence Day. I think it's rather fitting that today is the day she died. She gained her independence over cancer. Unfortunately it takes her away from the people who love her.

We took in a fire works show tonight in Salem (it was spectacular). I couldn't help but smile as I watched, thinking about Sis. I swear I heard her thundering about her new freedom in some of those explosions. And there was a new color I've never seen before in some of the bursts, a soft sage/seafoam green. It had to be a little of her in that new color. It was a happy color, another message. "I'm OK now, don't fret."

Dave is going to miss his Aunt Sis. And I'm going to miss her too.

Wake 4-8 PM Monday, July 7, 2008
Funeral 10 AM Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Both from:

James H. Delaney & Son Funeral Home
48 Common Street
Walpole, Massachusetts 02081

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