I'm usually a pretty private person, I actually wrote this yesterday & wasn't even going to post it. But you should know why I'm a bit quieter than normal this weekend. It's my way of coping with sadness, I get quiet. My eldest sister L just turned 74 in August (pic is about 15 yrs ago). She's always been my 1st "2nd Mom," as the oldest of us 5 girls. She has had a hard, difficult life and has also been struggling with COPD for 20 years. Last week, she was hospitalized with complications related to it & was moved to hospice on Wednesday. Yesterday, after being happy to move out of the hospital, she went downhill fast. Now, she's heavily medicated for a pain-free & peaceful passing that could happen any time now. I'm sad, but I also just want her to be out of pain. She's been struggling a lot these past few years. I'll miss our talks and tattling to her about my other sisters picking on me, I'm the youngest.
See ya later, L.
-Monkey