Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Grace was my youngest aunt and, to me, the sister I never had. I can't think of her without a smile breaking loose and wonderful memories taking hold of me. Always positive with a laugh that could bring tears of joy, always kind and always a friend. She was to me, and I am sure to most others, a light in my life. Some of my greatest memories will always be of when Grace and her mother Christine would laugh until they couldn't catch their breath and whenever Grace and her brothers Bob and Jim, and my mother Margot would gather for a family reunion. I could watch them for hours and feel their love. Like everyone, their family dealt with life's slings and arrows but laughter and love kept them so strong and so positive.
Anyone who knew Aunt Grace knows that what I'm saying is so very true. She was one of life's rarest gifts - a package of kindness, a wonderfully positive approach to everything and full of the sincerest love.
I have been blessed to have had Aunt Grace in my life. We all have. I know she is with Christine, Margot, Bob and Jim and the father who passed before she could know him, and I can hear the laughter.
She was the last of my parents' siblings but she will always be foremost in my mind.
In John Prine's song 'When I get to Heaven' he sings about how he will "see all his mama's sisters cause that's where all the love starts." He was so right.
I will always love and miss you Aunt Grace
Raymond
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