High-Priced

Did you know that people bury urns? I didn't either.

Seems redundant to have someone cremated then buried.

My aunt Alice is not keen on cremation. Although my aunt, late in the game, said that she wanted to be cremated my aunt Al said that she never expressed it to her and when Chiquita asked Al if she liked an urn with mother of pearl on it, she said I don't pick urns, I pick caskets...

My aunt Al still has her sense of humor though. When we were at the hospital on Wednesday and I discovered how hungry I was, the cafeteria had already closed. Don't you have any yogurt in that bag? she asked. My folks love to joke with me about tofu and yogurt and...

On Thursday, I took sandwiches from Crazy Bowls and Wraps because I didn't know how long I would be away from home. Should have known that my aunt Girt would bring food. Between Crazy Bowls and the soup and cornbread that my aunt G. brought, we were covered.

Several of us ate wraps but there were still a couple left. As I prepared to leave, my aunt Al said You better take this high-priced food home.

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Some of my folks and I were sitting in the waiting room and I was looking at the newly moved in vending machine. There was a blueberry Special K bar for $.75 cents. See, that's why I take my snacks with me, I said. You can get a 12 pack of Special K bars at Big Lots for $3.00 dollars.

My aunt's reply as she unwrapped her Milky Way bar?

It doesn't matter where you get them from -- Wal-mart included. This bar was $.60 cents; it costs a lot to be fat.

My aunts and uncles have been like guardian angels; they move me and make me laugh a lot too -- even when they ignore my suggestions.