This image began with a rescued snapshot that my Aunt Edy sent me a few years ago, a double-exposed picture of herself (in the back) with my mother (in front). I added some special effects with Painter and posted it on February 25, 2020, after a long phone call with Aunt Edy. My Aunt Edy was part of the committee that raised me and often filled in for my mom when I was a kid. When I posted this image last February, I said, "Since my mom died (in 1984) it seems that when I want to talk to my mother, I call my aunt, who is now almost 101!)" Well, Aunt Edy died this weekend, so now I feel like I am kind of on my own. But, as I have found myself saying today, this isn't my first rodeo. I know from other losses I have had that you don't really ever completely lose someone you love. I will miss Aunt Edy. But I will remember what she tried to teach me, and there's a long list: jewelry making, comedic timing, intuitive cooking, assertive generosity, joyful dancing, befriending others, aging gracefully. And I will try to "pay it forward," and make sure that her memory will be for a blessing, as was her life.
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