Hello Again

It is hard for me to believe that it has been over 2 months since my last post. I really wanted to blog more consistently but lots has happened and I needed a break. There was the usual - holidays and all the "busyness" that comes with them no matter how hard you try to calm it down. In addition to Christmas and New Year's both my parents have late December birthdays so there is a lot of celebrating!

But the real story is that my Aunt Nancy died. On December 28, 2009. Only 5 weeks after she was diagnosed with Acute Myelg Somebigmedicalword Leukemia. 5 weeks. 35 days. Unbelievable. In early November she had a cold that hung on and then became pneumonia. December 28 she was dead. On my 40th birthday (Nov 28) she sang me Happy Birthday from her hospital bed - what a gift. I will never ever forget it.

To say that our entire extended family was devastated would be an understatement. Aunt Nancy was my mom's younger sister - and the mom of Taos and Summer and the wife of Uncle Dean. When things happen in what would seem to us to be out of order it is hard. Really hard. Aunt Nancy was 62, seemingly healthy, and FULL of life.

I loved Aunt Nancy I LOVE Aunt Nancy. I don't think my mind has fully grasped that she is gone. My heart definitely hasn't.