East Coast Visit

I have been back from the East Coast for over a week now. It was a fabulous vacation! Rest and relaxation were the name of the game. Success! Thanks to the Yellow VW Bug (Sunflower Power) I was able to see lots of friends and some of my family. I visited with my Auntie Louise who is my last surviving great aunt. She is the sister of my father's mother and she was my father's God Mother. They came from a family of 13 kids (3 of whom died in childhood) and now she is the last one. I can only imagine how lonely that would feel. She has a great sense of humor and a positive outlook on her life. Last November, just before Thanksgiving she passed out and fell, breaking her shoulder. She was found by my cousin Lauren who was over to take her to dinner. Thank goodness they had dinner plans, or who knows how long she would have been trapped in her house. As it was, the fire department had to break in to get to her. She immediately went to the hospital and had surgery to fix the shoulder. Apparently she almost didn't make it through the anesthesia. But she was strong and came through. For many months she was living in a rehabilitation center, but eventually she was able to move into basic assisted living, where she lives now. It is a relatively nice place and just a block from her house. Auntie seems to be doing relatively well. She walks around with a walker, is able to get out and go places with some assistance, and has a bright spirit. She has a birthday on 6/20 and will be 82 years old! She told me that she doesn't mind telling people how old she is now. It is more a badge of honor than something to be embarrassed about!
Susan, Adam, Lily, Zoe, Fabian and his clan, Saul, Carolyn, and Maya with one on the way, Josh and Jane, James and Lucy, and Barbara. I missed Ben and wish that I had seen him too.
Showed Tricia and Roger around Boston a little. Took the T to the North End, ate pizza at Regina's and cannoli at Modern Bakery.