OP, I think that is wonderful that you still have these elderly aunts in your life and the opportunity to visit with them. You never know if this could be the last time. Like so many who have posted in response, I too am alone with really no family to speak of. I was an only child, so no brothers/sisters and therefore no nieces/nephews. No children, therefore no grandchildren. Like Gmpg54, my husband was the youngest of his siblings, (one brother was 20 years older!), so this family felt almost a whole generation removed. His mother was near the age of my grandmother, the oldest brother I mentioned was the age of my mother, and his sister was the age of my step-father! Needless to say they are all gone now except for one brother who lives a distance away. And lastly my DH passed suddenly a little over two years ago with no idea this was going to happen. So, here I am feeling as Bruce Springsteen said "when you're alone, you ain't nothing but alone.". I did have one wonderful cousin that was the elder in my family. She was near 90, still lived alone and cared for all her own needs execpt she didn't drive, so I ran her on errands. She had a great mind and was the person I could ask about family history, or as someone else noted, other events in the past. She was active, mentally and physically for her age and was actually doing something with apples the morning she had a heart attack. I went to the hospital and she sat up in bed talking to me, asked for a "real coke" which I got her, and that night she was gone. I felt the aloneness then, realizing I had no one older than me to talk with in the family. I still have a few cousins, (4 first cousins), all younger than me and most scattered far and wide across the states. So, long story, but visit those beautiful aunts, talk to them, treasure your time with them because you never know if you will have another chance.
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Originally Posted by catherine
