Aunt Ann and my Mom taught me, cousins are for kissing and cousins are for fighting with!
I miss you already Aunt Ann.
I miss seeing how to create conflicts and how to rectify conflicts between you and my mommy. they are at it again, I used to think quietly to myself. The religious perspective and the human perspective were always at odds in our extended family. Learning to let the human perspective direct the religious perspective and the religious perspective temper the passions was a lifelong study of mine watching my mommy and her first cousin always lovingly wrestling through the issues of the family and the life that we were enjoying.
People have needs, you always knew. It was never about you. It was always about getting the job done. You truly got the job done. Absolutely the most efficient woman in my life. Mu said jump and you were in the air before any of us could hear her touch the last consonant of p. I loved seeing that as a little child. I loved watching you care for your children and godchild and nieces and nephews and mother with determine and focus. You were really one of the best people we have known. An agitator and militantly caring woman, you were. You went out of your way to love people
