I had intended to stay home all day yesterday. I made chicken cacciatore for supper. My Dad came and watered the garden. I did some UU work on the computer. There was an email from Deb asking me to come to the writing workshop, so I got him to drive me in. It was good to be there, but I felt a little bit like a fraud because I haven't been writing as much as I want to.

Amelia called to tell me Kevin's aunt has died. She had been in hospice, but Gloria is still quite upset.

Ray met me and we came home, stopping by Cofer's to pick out a gardenia for Gloria. She can plant it in her yard later and it will remind her of Tricia. I had to put fabric and a bow around it, because it was from Amelia. Of course, it was not as nice as she would have made it. I made a quick batch of macaroni and cheese, even though I was a little short on milk and cheese. Fortunately, I had made dinner earlier, so we gobbled that down and went to dance lesson--fun, because we had done waltz the week before so this was mainly review and a chance to practice. We did pretty well and enjoyed it.

We took the plant and the mac and cheese to Gloria. She and Kasey were there and Gloria talked a lot about her sister and her death. She was so upset partly because she was suffering a lot and the hospice people had said they shouldn't come because she had tried to talk to them and couldn't. It just made it harder for her. And so much is difficult about Gloria's family, for one, there is no money at all. She wants to make a very special celebration of her life, while spending as little as possible. She found a place in Elberton that will cremate her for about half price. She had life insurance, but it lapsed because she couldn't pay it. Anyway, it was very sad, but I was glad we were there for her. I wondered if she had any friends that could come and be with her.

The good news is that Kevin and Amelia will be here this weekend. Poor Amelia's life is so complicated! She just arrived in Durham and won't be there long before she comes here. Then she and my Dad are planning to go to Massachusetts. She has to talk to him about going later so she can be here for the service. She already committed to being in NY on the 26th and the service is on the 24th, so she may look into taking the overnight train. I don't know if they can still get tickets or how much they will cost. It is sort of out of my hands, but then again...

We went to bed about 10:30. It is pleasantly cool this morning with the windows open and I slept well.