Vale Aunty Dot

You may (or may ) not recall in March April or some time last year I wrote of my aunt who had a terminal diagnosis of cancer of the liver after fighting off breast cancer 6 or so years earlier . She survived until the early hours of Friday morning, almost 10 months after the first TERMINAL diagnosis. Seems that she felt she had to fight and fight, not wanting to go before a grandchild birthday, a child's birthday, the birth of a great grand child and other family events and the thoughts of such events kept her and the rest of us hoping and for a long time we went from taking one day at a time to one family occasion to another because of her ternacity and determination.
A women of conviction. Devout Catholic, dedicated and respected community member, greatly loved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Someone who always was welcoming of everyone, always asking about how people were and caring about the reply, she lived her life as she wanted caring for her family and theirs, she was a person who put other first and one of the best cooks I have ever to come across. Thank you for being there when I need you, thank you for my wonderful cousins who are like brothers and sisters to me. The biccie tin and cake tin will be empty now..But like you ,Aunty Dot they deserve the rest.