{"id":66987,"date":"2019-11-04T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T21:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=66987"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:50:19","slug":"congratulations-auntie-vera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2019\/congratulations-auntie-vera\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Auntie Vera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite humans made it to 100 years of age recently; my Great Auntie Vera. I was planning to visit her next month, but after a strong charge through life, she left us before my visit. Thankfully I got to sit down for a big long chat the last time I visited \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>When I was growing up, she was one of the few people who would sit and listen to me, take me seriously, then provide feedback or advice. She showed kindness I&#8217;d never seen before. My Grandma (her sister) was extremely unwell, and she just dropped her own life temporarily and moved towns to look after her until her death. I wasn&#8217;t able to return the favour for her since I wasn&#8217;t in the country at the time, but thankfully her wonderful family looked after her \ud83d\ude42 Her lessons of being kind to everyone will live with me for a life time. <\/p>\n<p>Goodbye Auntie Vera. You are missed, but never forgotten.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66988\" style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66988\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2019\/11\/vera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"481\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66988\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-66988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks to Shainey, who I borrowed the photo from \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite humans made it to 100 years of age recently; my Great Auntie Vera. I was planning to visit her next month, but after a strong charge through life, she left us before my visit. 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