Goodbye, Farewell, Amen

A difficult day as we said goodbye to my aunt, my mum’s twin. It is always hard to lose someone close but I cannot imagine what it must be like to lose that special connection of a twin.

Together with the sadness came the laughter for auntie was very opinionated and that often led to hilarity when the family gathered as the debates would ensue.

One of my friend’s dad’s commented that it was another part of the “old village” gone and he was right as there are less and less people left now who have ties to our village