Aunt Ruby Kleinsorge-Wittman is 90 years old!!!

Dena/Mom was a real trooper for the trip over the weekend.  It was a pilgrimage back to Kansas City to celebrate with my father’s sister, Ruby.  She was queen for a day while everyone hugged her in awe of all the years that she has loved and supported her family, who mostly lives close by in Kansas City.  It was a wonderful affair held at Grand Court, the assisted living facility that Aunt Ruby lives at.  EVERYONE, or at least everyone I remember, was there to cheer her on.  The room was comfortable and pretty and there was too much food, as there so often is.  There were smiles and old familiar faces everywhere you turned.  Ruby sat in the corner in a tall chair while people came in a loved her and chatted with her and posed for pictures.  She really did look like royalty.  She was strong and present the entire day, as was my mother.

After the formal party we went to Aunt Ruby’s home and sat and laughed and sang and remembered old moments in time.  Our family’s history is so important and the whole experience was so moving.  By the evening’s end we had all belly-laughed, cried and hugged a lot.  We had to tear ourselves away after 10 hours of socializing so Mother and Aunt Ruby could get some rest.

Dena, Ruby & Paul

Here’s a picture of Mom, Aunt Ruby and Dad’s brother Uncle Paul Kleinsorge.  I nearly missed the opportunity to take this trip by thinking small and by seeing obstacles!  What a precious moment in time I would have missed out on if not for the tenacious and can-do canature that Mother passed on to me.

Dena is STILL “the little grandma that could”!