I brought home a pottery mug from Aunt Chris's funeral, a pretty one with a two-tone glaze in cranberry and grey. Now, on those days when I actually sit down and have a cup of tea before I leave for work, I like to sit in my quiet house and think about her.
Do you remember those 7-up and red wine cocktails she used to make us at Christmas? Wine highballs, I think she called them. I remember sipping those and playing pong in the basement of the house on Mignon. I'm sure you all remember playing charades and building jigsaw puzzles and reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. What about orange juice popsicles, and the tupperware sugar "shaker" for putting sugar on your cheerios?
Do you remember Uncle Ed sleeping through most of the holidays? And the stories Aunt Chris would tell, full of all those great swear words. I still tell friends about her advice to all the girls as we got older: once you're married, you'll only get to use the phrase "fucking ---" in an argument three times before it loses it's impact, so you want to be careful not to waste it on dirty socks or anything.
I don't really have a point, I guess, but it's okay to put random thoughts on a blog, right?
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I thought that was the whole point? The random thoughts thing is what makes this blog thing work. :) I thoroughly enjoy a random thought of two to get the day-a-rolling!
Oh, good! After I read that post, though, I realized it might sound a tiny bit negative. I meant it in a good way. Did I ever tell you about the "gift" she gave her granddaughters when it looked like she might be cut out of their lives?
I wanna hear about the "gift"!!! And I second Shizzle's "that's the whole point" comment. That Shizzle is smart one. A Meredith girl thru and thru!
The gift was great - when she was afraid the girls were going to live with their mother, who was perhaps not the brightest crayon in the box, and Chris wanted to have a lasting impact on their lives, she "gave" them the public library. She made sure they knew libraries were everywhere, that there were always librarians available to talk to if you needed anything, and that you could find out anything you needed to know at your free public library. Great gift, huh?
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