Wednesday, November 15, 2017
To Jim, Erin, Nona, Alicia, Rachel, Sean and family members I am truly sorry for you loss.
I struggled tonight to figure out something intelligent to write about Aunt Shirley. If I had waited until tomorrow morning I would not have had work very hard to recall something at all.
One of my earliest memories of my Aunt was when I was still learning to tie my shoes (about 9 or 10 I think, maybe earlier). There was a family gathering at Mom and Dad's and all the Richards clan was there. I remember struggling to get them to stay tied, when Aunt Shirley bent down to give me a hand. After making the convention loops, she showed me how to double knot them so that they would not come undone so easily.
To this day I double knot my shoes or boots, which is more likely the case, and every morning I think of Aunt Shirley showing me how to tie a double knot. See you in the morning Aunt Shirley.
Love Dave
