my aunt Midge

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Last week our family lost someone precious to us. My mother's younger sister, "Midge" (aka Laura) died in her sleep at the age of 65. My aunt Midge lived in New Orleans and I didn't get to spend as much time with her as I would have liked, but I will never forget her. Aunt Midge had many difficulties in her life, and throughout them all, she kept her sweet spirit and her love for Jesus. She could always crack you up with her jokes and was the first to be silly and have fun. She never puffed herself up but told me once, "I know there's nothing to me.....I just trust in Jesus. I'm just going to let him take care of me, I can't do anything myself." She dearly loved her husband, children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and siblings just as we loved her. I am glad aunt Midge is in a better place now, but the world is a little less sweet and a little less fun now that she's gone. There are so many precious people in my (very large) family and it is hard because we are all spread out, and we realize how much we need to spend time with people, but there's work, and family, and the cost of gas, and......it makes me kind of blue. I just wish I had gotten to be with her more, know her better. I am thankful for the time I spent with her when my parents died. She was very comforting to me and I will always remember that. It is hard to keep losing people one by one and I have a lot of aunts and uncles. I guess it helps you remember how short our time is here and we need to make it worthwhile. It also helps me keep focused on eternal things versus the temporal. We will all miss you aunt Midgie. I love you.
cheri grace