This morning we received a call from my cousin saying that my aunt had passed away in the night. It came as a bit of a shock even though we knew that things had not sounded good the evening before. They had just hired a full time nurse starting yesterday evening and I was eager to get down there so I could step into that role. When we found out she had passed there was some discussion that was needed to figure out how we ought to proceed with the day.

My other aunt didn’t end up flying down to Florida. One of my sisters who was supposed to fly with us drove to Kansas City in order to be with my other aunt. After talking more with my cousin and figuring some other things out, my other sister and I flew down this afternoon and landed around 4:25 eastern time.

We spent the evening with my uncle, cousin, his wife, and two girls. We are staying here at the house with the same plans to fly home Saturday morning. My cousin ordered Panda Express for supper and we passed around his phone so we could put in our orders. A few of us left to pick up the food and stop by Target. I picked up a pair of flip flops that I could wear if we go for walks. So far we’ve been talking and looking at pictures. After a while we all went to bed.