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[quote=Anonymous]This is actually making me tear up a little.  My mother's sister lived about 30 miles away from us, in a rural area so that was a big deal (and also a long distance phone call, which was a huge deal back in the 70s).

Anyway, she and her husband didn't think they could have kids, though my aunt wanted kids desperately.

She was to me like you want to be to your nieces.  We would go stay with them for a few days at time once or twice a year and that trip was great.  We didn't spend much one on one time otherwise, but we'll all go to the big city together to go shopping or sometimes my mom would take us there for visiting or she'd come up and visit us.  She was just the most caring, loving person who made us feel special.  She had long, long hair she would let us brush - basically she just let us do things (and had more patience for us) than our busy, tired parents.

I also remember that she told us that she had a house elf who lived in her pantry and the house elf cleaned her kitchen every night after we ll went to bed.  My brother and I loved hearing about this house elf and looking for him.  Bottom line: she created magic for us.

She finally became pregnant when I was 9 and my cousin was a special part of our lives.  My aunt developed breast cancer when my cousin was very small - only 4 or so - and fought it off.  She lived cancer free for over 5 years when the cancer came back, and she died when my cousin was a freshman in college.  It was - and still is - a devastating loss.  [/quote]

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