MY AUNT'S BIRTHDAY!

Love is an active word, not a passive word.

My Aunt turns 90 today. Those of you who have been with me for any amount of time on this website (okay, technically this page alone is a BLOG site, which is part of my full website) will remember my BLOG post about a Beatles Tribute Band concert my Aunt attended a few years ago. The band was playing the entire "Revolver" album start to finish. She parked her car and walked with her nephew and his wife across the pedestrian bridge spanning The Ohio River into Kentucky for the show. She had a blast! Well, that is until she tried walking back to her car after the show. She was tired. So, a motorcycle police officer heard her mentioning to her nephew that she couldn't make the walk back. He said "Hop on!" My Aunt was surprised and said, "Really?" "Sure!" he replied. So, my Aunt carefully climbed onto the back of a Harley Davidson police motorcycle and they sped across the Ohio River pedestrian bridge to her car. She said it was thrilling! It was her daughter--my Cousin-- who introduced me at the age of 10 to her love of Arabian Horses. She raised them. As I've mentioned often, I lost my Cousin to breast cancer. She was young.

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Most of us have either a 50 or 100 "Things About Me" that is part of our BLOG Page Dashboard parked atop our BLOG Pages. In my "50 Things" I mention one of my Cousin's gifts to me was the love of horses. Her love of all animals was a God-given gift she received at the age of 3 while sitting on a park bench with her Mom. A bird landed on her shoulder and that was it! Today, I learn something new on a daily basis about horses...these beautiful and spiritual creatures.

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Thanksgiving: I am grateful for the Gift of my Aunt Nina. Growing up, there was nothing quite like sitting in her kitchen as a kid having conversations while watching her make soup and sandwiches. In the years I spent back in Ohio, there was hardly a week that went by where I wasn't in her kitchen having tea and honey recalling old memories...and creating new ones. Happy Birthday, Nina!