Last week I heard that my aunt passed away.  The news truly devastated me I felt that the last thread that bound me to my father is now ripped.  I felt so bad for not being able to see her before she passed on.  She was like a mother to me, I spent so many of my days as a child in my aunt’s house, playing with my cousins, going through her stuff treasure hunting, playing soccer in the yard, swimming in the pool screaming and shouting to one another, sleeping in her arms in the evening, playing pirates with her knitting rods, and she never said anything to us.  She was the strongest woman I had seen in my life, she was smart, she was sharp and nothing would pass her attention, she was kind and finally she was a good human being.  She will be missed all of us cried and couldn’t believe that she no longer exists among us.  Where would we go on Fridays when we go for a visit? She would have prepared a feast and every one of her children and her grand children were there and as always children were playing make noises and the adults were laughing and having fun.  Those days are gone now, a lot of memories playing in my mind, memory of my father, my aunts, my grandmother, and my brother whom was loved by her and never found out that he is long gone and her son who passed away a month earlier.  Oh my God, they are all gone, only memories of them remained.  Good memories that bring tears in my eyes and joy in my heart for being so blessed to have a loving family.  Yes I am blessed and I am so ever thankful to God for giving me a loving family that not everyone has had in life.  I always love you, you were one of the kind.  God bless your soul my dearest aunt.