Reply To: JoCo Day 2009
I feel especially horrible for my aunt. Today was (also) her birthday.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day: July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. There has been speculation ever since that force of will, the desire to live to that auspicious day, helped preserve them to that date. Perhaps your grandmother wanted to stick around until your aunt’s birthday but could stay no longer? It may help to think of her life, her time with all of you, your time on this earth, your aunt’s time, as a present, with your grandmother having had a part in all these gifts. Looking at it that way might bring some solace, eventually.