{great aunt ellie and i - christmas 1969}today was a blessing...my great aunt eleanor went to heaven finally...after a long year and a half waiting to meet her maker she finally received her wish...aunt ellie was a strong & independent woman...she was a working woman before there were working women...she was the sole caregiver for her mother...she lived in the same house forever...she was there before the 290 was even built...her jokes were the best, especially the ones shared around the thanksgiving table...she went to tim hortons for coffee & a danish EVERY morning in the tony walker plaza & i loved meeting her there with the boys when they were babies...she was the kind of aunt that if you said you loved something materialistic of hers, it was secretly delivered to your house the next day with a thoughtful note...i'd often arrive home with the boys at the end of the day only to notice a bag tightly wrapped around our front door handle - aunt ellie would drop off a little sugar treat for the boys because she saw it in walgreens and thought the boys would love it - there was never a note, we just knew her thoughtfulness...if you stopped by her house for a quick visit, she would never let you leave without a little something - maybe the pin she was wearing or a bag of chocolates from the candy dish at the front door or the book she had just finished reading or some pocket change for a cup of coffee...aunt ellie was always up on current affairs and gossip, she always knew what was going on/who was dating who/what movie was hot...she was a courageous woman who decided to fight cancer with life & succeeded for a long time...heres to a great aunt who was a great aunt...we will miss you always.
