Happy Birthday 

When I was little she would always come to my party at my house and we would sit outside and we would play  with my baby dolls togther . My favorite memory is of my aunt Maxine. I used to go visit her at old folks home in Cambridge North Healthcare Center in Clawson Michigan.  When I used to go to visit her,  I’d bring her some snacks and like McDonald’s and a coke, but only when we went to McDonald’s. We would sit there and eat together. Every week I would bring her Bigby coffee and a muffin or donut holes.  She loved me being there with her and I would sit there and talk to her. On Wednesdays, I liked playing bingo with her but we never would win the game.  In the summer we would always eat outside I would bring her some lunch or dinner, depending on the time of day that I and my mom go to visit her.  She loved drinking her Pepsi and I brought her one every time. I liked watching mom’s movies with her all afternoon until it was time to leave. My favorite part is when we had her birthday party. My moms sister Laura brought the cake and my mom brought the food and drinks. My mom's aunt Maxine started to cry when we sang happy birthday to her. I wish I could’ve spent more time with her. We had so much fun and I still love her so much. The best time was when I and my sister Abbey came to visit her when they had a band there playing music.  I spun her around in her wheelchair while we listened to the music she loved it so much! She would always kiss my hand that made me feel good inside when she did that. She loved the sweets-- everything from cake to candy to cookies. Sometimes I would bring her that stuff. My second favorite memory was when we brought her thanksgiving dinner. I loved spending Thanksgiving with her. Just a week before she passed away we were just switching her rooms to one downstairs because we thought it was going to be better for her, but she hated it when we left to go home.  She would cry downstairs.  We thought the new room would be better for her.   It’s always loud upstairs and one time there was a  Chinese resident trying to smack me on the arm -- that Chinese lady had one of Maxine’s favorite shirts one time and then my mom tried to get it back she tried smacking my mom’s shoulder. My sad memory was 3 days after prom she passed away. I was so excited to tell her about the prom.  I found out when my mom got a phone call from her sister Laura.  She was told to come and say her good-byes.  I cried so hard seeing her laying in there helpless. After her passing my mom told me not to be afraid of old people, to treat them like me and you. Even though she is not here anymore it taught me to live every day, to inspire people, and to help people around you. I also learned to give back to the world. We had a great relationship together, I feel good I could tell her anything going on in my life either what happened at home or at school.  I showed her pictures on my phone every day to tell her what has been going on this week. At home, I have a locket with her picture in it and I’m gonna wear it every day to remember her when I find the right picture to put in it. She even died before her birthday this year and that made me really sad on her birthday and I even let some balloons go in the sky to remember her with some words on the balloons. Every day I asked her if she wanted to go work at the nurse’s station she would always tell me no.  I wish she could have lived longer. She died the same year her brother Bob passed away.  It’s nice that they have each other in heaven. I really cared for her I loved helping her spent every Tuesday and Thursday with her for an hour and Sometimes I wanted to stay later to see her but my mom said it was time to go home to eat dinner. I always wanted to go to my mom’s aunts gravesite but my mom said no I couldn’t go there because it was in a bad neighborhood. And that made me really sad that I couldn’t go talk to her.  Aunt Maxine made my life better, even though her life wasn’t good.  I’ll always be thankful that I had her.  I chose his person because I always saw her and when I was little she always came to my house .





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