Rachael...
Sep. 4th, 2009 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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.