My mother was the oldest of nine children, seven girls and two boys. Only two of those aunts and uncles of mine are still living: my Uncle Steve (Mama’a baby brother), and my Aunt Nancy.
Today my Aunt Nancy is ninety-five years old!
Her adult life was spent in Morristown, Tennessee, near where her husband, my Uncle Jim, was a chemist for the American Enka Company.
In the past couple of years two things changed for her: Uncle Jim died, and her daughter, my cousin Nancy Carol, retired from teaching in Texas. Nancy Carol and her husband, Gordon, moved back near home to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. With Uncle Jim gone and Nancy Carol nearby, a lot of rethinking was done. The result was that in recent months Aunt Nancy gave up her house and moved to the Brooks-Howell United Methodist Retirement home in Asheville.
This puts her on the route we frequently travel and so Trish and I get to stop off there and see her. A big treat for us was for me to get to tell Christmas stories to the residents there back in December.
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to Aunt Nancy!
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