I actually have an errand to run today that does not involve filing government paperwork. I’m going to get a card, or something, to send to my aunt Waima, whose mother passed away on Sunday. 

Lucy C, Waima’s mother, was someone whom I met as a child but didn’t really have any much interaction with. So while there is a loss there, my feelings are directed more towards my aunt than anywhere else. And then I realize that this person is my cousin’s grandmother. That brings it in a little closer. Speaking with my uncle today I learn that Lucy was two months short of her 90th birthday in April. My own paternal grandmother will turn 90 in nine days, next Thursday. We have a party planned for that following Saturday and while Lucy was bounding around in good  health I hope something as quick & drastic doesn’t happen again before then.

With all the free time in the world, yet without many resources (cash, car) I feel a little helpless to attend any funeral services. They’re happening quickly, this evening and tomorrow. All I have to send are my thoughts and prayers.