A sad night here tonight for me sipping on some of that fairly new Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum [View all]

[Tx4obama]

The rum was a Christmas present from a good friend. One that is still alive thank goodness. And until tonight I left the bottle on the kitchen counter unopened.

If you don't know about spiced rum, see the video below...

I know that lots of folks here on DU post when they are sad or have family medical problems - I've never been one to do that in the past - and since I'm sipping rum tonight I probably should NOT be posting this this evening either.

I'm not posting this for replies or condolences... I think it is more just for me to be able to talk (to vent what I'm thinking) into the air... to someone... or perhaps that someone is just me.

The past few years I've connected with one of my aunts on a very deep level (my mother's only sister) - an aunt that I grew up with but was not very close to in my younger years. The past few years we've been each others sounding board - talking to each other several times a week - trying to help each other through the bad times.

On Wednesday she was taken off of her ventilator - she breathed on her own for twenty-fours hours before she left this world on her own terms.

Before this last incident she had been sent to a nursing home by her doctor for physical therapy and was about to go home any day - then out of the blue she fell on the floor and they think she was unconscious for over ten minutes - when a nurse discovered her she had no vitals and they brought her back to 'life' - rushed her to the hospital and for a week she was in a an unresponsive coma. We all hoped and prayed.

I a made list this evening of the names of people that I've known on this planet that are now gone - the total came to 29 souls.
I'm only 54 years old. The majority of people that I have known (that I've been the closest to) are no longer walking on this earth (that is a scary thing).

So, here I sit - another one of the 'great persons' that I've known in my life is gone.
And she really was great.
Not great as defined by most people - she was not famous or rich. Articles where never written about her and not very many people in the world even knew who she was outside of her neighborhood or the small town that she lived in.
But her heart was HUGE.
She never judged anyone due to their political leanings, race, sexual orientation, or anything else.
To me she was one of the greatest people that ever walked on this earth.

So, to my dear hippie aunt of the 60s that refused to ever judge folks or become cynical - thank you for being in my life...

R.I.P. ... I love ya.


p.s. Please excuse any typos or sentences that might not make sense - like I said, I've been sitting here sipping rum - I'm sure some of ya'll know what that is like.

p.s.s. She requested to be cremated with no service - no memorial - no rosary read - so from me to her this will be the only words spoken in a public forum.

p.s.s.s. I originally post this in the Lounge, but since I really don't ever post in the Lounge I deleted it and posted it over here in General Discussion - if anyone has a problem with that then please let me know. Please don't alert on this post cause it will really hurt me and will probably piss me off