User blog comment:TenshiAkari12/So... yet another boo-hoo worthy blog post./@comment-25007813-20140613160500/@comment-32500188-20140614003226

Thank you. And it is a great thing, to be able to reach out when needed. Again, thanks for your kind thoughts. X3 If anything, if some of my uncles or aunts don't feel as if they can forgive each other for stuff that's already been said and done, then there's not much I can do personally to change that... but I know for sure the last thing I would want is to allow the weak connections to sever completely. You never know, maybe there's still hope for a change in heart and perspective before it's too late and regrets are carried to their graves. All I know is that as one of the 3rd generation of the bunch, the grandkids are doing their best to at least stay in touch with each othe, gather together every now and then, and support each other whenever we can.

And really, she really was an exceptional woman... had a rough early life and she wasn't always right in what she said or did back then, but even despite her faults she made her mark in our family by being the main one that took care of just about anyone and everyone, especially when it came to the little ones in the family. I don't think there's been a person in our family she hasn't literally cared for from infancy up into their school years, so she's touched a lot of lives in her lifetime. :-3