SW Dare Saturday
I dare you to post about a woman in your life or in history whom you found to be impactful.
The lady I am choosing today is my aunt. I was told last night that she is going into in-home hospice care, and that is fine. She is an old lady who has had a great life and feels ready to pass on. She was loved by her family and lived a lot of life, seeing a lot of history unfold. She was born during the Great Depression era and always had the best attitude that could never be brought down.
I suppose why I find her to be so special is because of how she treated me. I often came from a family that would only make small talk with me and not much else. It was more like, "You are seen but not heard," and that really had a special way of making me feel not very special. My siblings were 20 to 30 years older than me, and the few times we saw each other, those were the only words spoken: How are you? How is school? How is your mom? Etc. That was it.
But my aunt was the coolest lady around. She was quick-witted, always up for a laugh, and you couldn't hurt her feelings. She loved me no matter what, and she wanted to know a lot more than how the weather was, how school was, and whatever else. She was the type of lady who would go up to bat for you. The type who, if someone was abusive to her family, that someone might just silently disappear in the night. The type who didn't care if you had a drug or alcohol addiction or made bad choices in your youth. She was there to get you the help you needed.
So I respect her, think a lot of her, and I will miss her.
I hope everyone here can do this dare and find a woman to build up today and give her a tribute about why she is great.
The lady I am choosing today is my aunt. I was told last night that she is going into in-home hospice care, and that is fine. She is an old lady who has had a great life and feels ready to pass on. She was loved by her family and lived a lot of life, seeing a lot of history unfold. She was born during the Great Depression era and always had the best attitude that could never be brought down.
I suppose why I find her to be so special is because of how she treated me. I often came from a family that would only make small talk with me and not much else. It was more like, "You are seen but not heard," and that really had a special way of making me feel not very special. My siblings were 20 to 30 years older than me, and the few times we saw each other, those were the only words spoken: How are you? How is school? How is your mom? Etc. That was it.
But my aunt was the coolest lady around. She was quick-witted, always up for a laugh, and you couldn't hurt her feelings. She loved me no matter what, and she wanted to know a lot more than how the weather was, how school was, and whatever else. She was the type of lady who would go up to bat for you. The type who, if someone was abusive to her family, that someone might just silently disappear in the night. The type who didn't care if you had a drug or alcohol addiction or made bad choices in your youth. She was there to get you the help you needed.
So I respect her, think a lot of her, and I will miss her.
I hope everyone here can do this dare and find a woman to build up today and give her a tribute about why she is great.
