Aunts and uncles are important for a well-rounded child. And if you are lucky to have either, they can be plain fun! Without my great Aunt Violet, many of her nieces and nephews would have gone without food, shelter, clothes, guidance, and love, when they needed it. She worked on her feet her whole life and planned to work making draperies from home after she retired.
Plans of retirement are too often shelved due to health issues. Her eyes went first, though in her sixties she was told she had a heart attack. She took about a dozen of her heart pills and said, "To Hell with it." As far as I know she never had a problem with her heart again.
What would we children of her siblings have done without her? In all our lives she played a part. I can't even imagine a life without her, my childhood would have been very sad and unhealthy. I never would have known what a clean bed was or a healthy meal. Most importantly, I might never have learned that a woman is as good as a man, and nothing can hold a woman back.
Dream big. Follow your dreams. "And promise me you'll never be like your mother."
That last advice may sound cruel to you, but I knew what she meant. And I will never forget the moment she spoke those words to me, nor my reply, "I never will."
Gleaning, sifting, removing the bad and leaving the good---I wanted to do that with both my mother and Aunt Vi. I believe I accomplished that. I may have made it without my mother, but not without Aunt Vi. My own mother can say the same. She could have made it without me, but not without Aunt Vi.
Sad? Maybe, but true, and such is life---imperfect and flawed; but who would give it up?!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
We Must Sift Through Influences in Our Lives
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Aunts and uncles are important for a well-rounded child. And if you are lucky to have either, they can be plain fun! Without my great Aunt Violet, many of her nieces and nephews would have gone without food, shelter, clothes, guidance, and love, when they needed it. She worked on her feet her whole life and planned to work making draperies from home after she retired.
Plans of retirement are too often shelved due to health issues. Her eyes went first, though in her sixties she was told she had a heart attack. She took about a dozen of her heart pills and said, "To Hell with it." As far as I know she never had a problem with her heart again.
What would we children of her siblings have done without her? In all our lives she played a part. I can't even imagine a life without her, my childhood would have been very sad and unhealthy. I never would have known what a clean bed was or a healthy meal. Most importantly, I might never have learned that a woman is as good as a man, and nothing can hold a woman back.
Dream big. Follow your dreams. "And promise me you'll never be like your mother."
That last advice may sound cruel to you, but I knew what she meant. And I will never forget the moment she spoke those words to me, nor my reply, "I never will."
Gleaning, sifting, removing the bad and leaving the good---I wanted to do that with both my mother and Aunt Vi. I believe I accomplished that. I may have made it without my mother, but not without Aunt Vi. My own mother can say the same. She could have made it without me, but not without Aunt Vi.
Sad? Maybe, but true, and such is life---imperfect and flawed; but who would give it up?!
Aunts and uncles are important for a well-rounded child. And if you are lucky to have either, they can be plain fun! Without my great Aunt Violet, many of her nieces and nephews would have gone without food, shelter, clothes, guidance, and love, when they needed it. She worked on her feet her whole life and planned to work making draperies from home after she retired.
Plans of retirement are too often shelved due to health issues. Her eyes went first, though in her sixties she was told she had a heart attack. She took about a dozen of her heart pills and said, "To Hell with it." As far as I know she never had a problem with her heart again.
What would we children of her siblings have done without her? In all our lives she played a part. I can't even imagine a life without her, my childhood would have been very sad and unhealthy. I never would have known what a clean bed was or a healthy meal. Most importantly, I might never have learned that a woman is as good as a man, and nothing can hold a woman back.
Dream big. Follow your dreams. "And promise me you'll never be like your mother."
That last advice may sound cruel to you, but I knew what she meant. And I will never forget the moment she spoke those words to me, nor my reply, "I never will."
Gleaning, sifting, removing the bad and leaving the good---I wanted to do that with both my mother and Aunt Vi. I believe I accomplished that. I may have made it without my mother, but not without Aunt Vi. My own mother can say the same. She could have made it without me, but not without Aunt Vi.
Sad? Maybe, but true, and such is life---imperfect and flawed; but who would give it up?!
Aunts and uncles are important for a well-rounded child. And if you are lucky to have either, they can be plain fun! Without my great Aunt Violet, many of her nieces and nephews would have gone without food, shelter, clothes, guidance, and love, when they needed it. She worked on her feet her whole life and planned to work making draperies from home after she retired.
Plans of retirement are too often shelved due to health issues. Her eyes went first, though in her sixties she was told she had a heart attack. She took about a dozen of her heart pills and said, "To Hell with it." As far as I know she never had a problem with her heart again.
What would we children of her siblings have done without her? In all our lives she played a part. I can't even imagine a life without her, my childhood would have been very sad and unhealthy. I never would have known what a clean bed was or a healthy meal. Most importantly, I might never have learned that a woman is as good as a man, and nothing can hold a woman back.
Dream big. Follow your dreams. "And promise me you'll never be like your mother."
That last advice may sound cruel to you, but I knew what she meant. And I will never forget the moment she spoke those words to me, nor my reply, "I never will."
Gleaning, sifting, removing the bad and leaving the good---I wanted to do that with both my mother and Aunt Vi. I believe I accomplished that. I may have made it without my mother, but not without Aunt Vi. My own mother can say the same. She could have made it without me, but not without Aunt Vi.
Sad? Maybe, but true, and such is life---imperfect and flawed; but who would give it up?!
Aunts and uncles are important for a well-rounded child. And if you are lucky to have either, they can be plain fun! Without my great Aunt Violet, many of her nieces and nephews would have gone without food, shelter, clothes, guidance, and love, when they needed it. She worked on her feet her whole life and planned to work making draperies from home after she retired.
Plans of retirement are too often shelved due to health issues. Her eyes went first, though in her sixties she was told she had a heart attack. She took about a dozen of her heart pills and said, "To Hell with it." As far as I know she never had a problem with her heart again.
What would we children of her siblings have done without her? In all our lives she played a part. I can't even imagine a life without her, my childhood would have been very sad and unhealthy. I never would have known what a clean bed was or a healthy meal. Most importantly, I might never have learned that a woman is as good as a man, and nothing can hold a woman back.
Dream big. Follow your dreams. "And promise me you'll never be like your mother."
That last advice may sound cruel to you, but I knew what she meant. And I will never forget the moment she spoke those words to me, nor my reply, "I never will."
Gleaning, sifting, removing the bad and leaving the good---I wanted to do that with both my mother and Aunt Vi. I believe I accomplished that. I may have made it without my mother, but not without Aunt Vi. My own mother can say the same. She could have made it without me, but not without Aunt Vi.
Sad? Maybe, but true, and such is life---imperfect and flawed; but who would give it up?!
Aunts and uncles are important for a well-rounded child. And if you are lucky to have either, they can be plain fun! Without my great Aunt Violet, many of her nieces and nephews would have gone without food, shelter, clothes, guidance, and love, when they needed it. She worked on her feet her whole life and planned to work making draperies from home after she retired.
Plans of retirement are too often shelved due to health issues. Her eyes went first, though in her sixties she was told she had a heart attack. She took about a dozen of her heart pills and said, "To Hell with it." As far as I know she never had a problem with her heart again.
What would we children of her siblings have done without her? In all our lives she played a part. I can't even imagine a life without her, my childhood would have been very sad and unhealthy. I never would have known what a clean bed was or a healthy meal. Most importantly, I might never have learned that a woman is as good as a man, and nothing can hold a woman back.
Dream big. Follow your dreams. "And promise me you'll never be like your mother."
That last advice may sound cruel to you, but I knew what she meant. And I will never forget the moment she spoke those words to me, nor my reply, "I never will."
Gleaning, sifting, removing the bad and leaving the good---I wanted to do that with both my mother and Aunt Vi. I believe I accomplished that. I may have made it without my mother, but not without Aunt Vi. My own mother can say the same. She could have made it without me, but not without Aunt Vi.
Sad? Maybe, but true, and such is life---imperfect and flawed; but who would give it up?!
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