Rachael...

Sep. 4th, 2009 03:29 pm
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I got a message today from a second cousin in the UK that her sister (my cousin) Rachael has died. It is a sadness.... She was ninety, and had Alzheimer's, but I remember her well from thirty years ago. She was good to me when I lived in the UK and visited her at Easter. We had fun exploring the Dorset coast together. She even took me to a ruined castle, bless her. Corfe Castle.

It's hard to imagine that spirit diminishing.

I remember too when I first met her, when she visited my parents in - well, I've no idea when, but it must have been the 1950s. I think I was a little starstruck by this relative who seemed so competent and clever, who had travelled so much. Back in those days, we didn't have many visitors at all - it was very exciting.

The news made me feel very out of touch with my British cousins, and to realize how my small number of relatives continues to shrink.

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