tina

My would-be mother-in-law. That beige thing in the coffin only reminded me of her. She didn't have a phone to her ear, didn't beg for a kiss. She sometimes fought cancer, sometimes didn't. We have a strange mix of seasonal cards ..and sympathy cards, flowers and baskets. She was a nut about Christmas, it's hard to do another one without her. She enforced the 'all occasions captured on film'. Who steps up to be that obnoxious? She had a tough childhood, widowed at an early age , two kids to rear. Not easy. Tina rocked [once you got a few Bartel&James in her]. She wanted to be loved, maybe not realizing how many people did. A lot of criers at the wake, just what I'd want. God bless Tina.