Chris,  I dearly love auntie, that is priceless!!!!!  I laughed so hard I
wished I'd had my Depends, nearly fell off my chair.  Ruth



At 4:35 AM -0500 3/4/08, [log in to unmask] wrote:
My 97 year old aunt has had a stroke, and a bad fall.  She is gravel-tough
- child of a Depression minister's household - although she used to go out
night-clubbing and dancing.  Put herself through law school but "I still
managed to have a lot of fun" she says.

Other day, my sister visited in the morning and I came in the afternoon -
an unusual confluence.   I couldn't have stayed more than 120 seconds,
literally - she's happiest just to read the paper and stare into space.
After I left, she told the nurse: "Lock the door, don't let anyone else in.
You know, when you're dying, people are just an inconvenience."

Christopher
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