The Women that Made Me ~ Aunt Jeanne

I am having so much fun with this series

and next up in my Dad's sister

my Aunt Jeanne

Uncle Bobby, Aunt Jeanne & me ~ circa 1968

I love this picture ~ family reunion ~ the early years

wasn't I stylin' ~ blonde pigtails

I was a cutie!

this woman is one of my favourite people

in the whole wide world

she calls a spade a spade

and has the fight and positive attitude

we could all learn from

when I graduated high school and thought I wanted to move to the big city

to make a go of it ~ start a brand new chapter

she is the one that I talked to

and she opened her door and her heart to me

it is my cousin Gina's Mom

aka ~ my best girl

this picture was taken at Gina's wedding

and I have it framed ~ I love the shot of both her and Mom

and then there is Dad in the background

watching over his girls ~ it's a treasure for sure

this lady has fought cancer and won

only to have a heart attack in '95

when we lost her ~ then they brought her back

she is now a shell of the woman she was

lack of oxygen to the brain can do that to even the strongest 

so she walks with a walker ~ or gets around in her wheelchair

every so often I see a hint of who she was

and my heart aches

it has been years since I have seen her

and pulling pictures for this series

prompted me to plan a trip to go and visit

with those far away ~ reconnect

and tell them that I love them

I found this one and love it

taken at the beach in Dorchester Cape

that's my Dad ~ David

with his siblings and his cousins

again ~ it shows the importance of family through the years.