Kitty 3/27/1956-11/4-2008

My Aunt Kitty passed away one year ago today after battling breast cancer for 5 years. Kitty amazed me. She was divorced young, and lived alone for many years.She took care of herself, her home, she went to school and got her Master's Degree in Speech Pathology and she always had a dog that she absolutely loved! She had a great house with a pool where we spent every day in the summers. Kit's birthday was the day before mine, so we always celebrated our birthdays together. As we got older, we figured out our "birthday week". We got out of doing many things as our bday weeks went on. Of course, no one else had a whole week to celebrate their birthday- just us! Kitty taught me many things; how to drive a stick shift, how to eat cantaloupe cut in half with just a spoon, how to do a round- off, how to sing "T and A" from Chorus Line , and most importantly...how to make margaritas! Sara and Erica and I would get to have many sleep overs at Kit's house. They were the funnest. Little Caeser's Pizza, Margaritas, swimming in the pool late at night, and watching either Annie or Kiss Me Goodbye.
Just before I got married, Kitty and Grandma Ruth moved to New York. After being there a few years, Kitty was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. She started very intense chemo and radiation. She was a fighter. She met Rob Taber right after she was diagnosed, and married a few years later. Kitty was so strong and such a fighter up until the end. She died one year ago today and there isn't a day that goes by that I'm not reminded of her in some way. I loved her so much. She was like a sister to me. I love you Kitty.

Kitty and I at a Boston Red Sox game 4/07. The year Dave ran the Boston Marathon, Kitty came from New York to spend a couple days with us, and go to the Red Sox game.