12:10 p.m. - 2007-10-01
too late
I had intended to go visit my aged great aunt for weeks, but hadn't made the time. Now I get to make time for her funeral. All the unasked questions must go unanswered. All the untold stories, heartfelt hugs, laughs.... I thought she'd be around a few months more, at least.
I thought I'd have a chance to tell her thank you. I thought I'd get to hear her call me "darlin'" and maybe even remember my name. I didn't even know she had moved to the hospital. I'm feeling blindsided and bereft. She was the last of that generation of women who helped raise me and she's gone and I didn't even get to say goodbye. And I'm aware how cliche that is, but these things become cliches for a reason....
