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My Auntie Mel, my favoret Anutie and one of the few relatives I can remoatly stand died last night.

She was 60-somthing but acted like 30 year old who had slight bone problems that she totally ignored. She looked 30 too.

She did a lot in her life time. She was an archiologist in Eygpt. She was a holiday guid and went all over the place. She gave tours at castyle near Brighton in the end. She was taking a History degree at London Uni and she was married to a past head at the BBC at one point... devorsed later.

She had two girls who both got pregante at the same time. One had two children and the other had one in the end. They were both married to men from other countaries. One of the girls is a famous Radio DJ. I've only met them twice.

I was always welcome to Mel's house in Brighton, so the place feels like a secound home. She used to tell me stroies of my Grandmother whom died before I was born and told me of my Father's childhood.

She used to repeat herself a lot. But I never minded.

She was the type of person who moved side to side when she had you in a bear-like-hug, although she was much shorter than me and I'm 5'5.

I'll miss her.

I remeber once, when I was staying at hers she took me swimming in a hotel gym she had a membership to. She bought me a swimming costum because I forgot mine. She pushed me into the deep end because she thought I was joking when I said I couldn't really swim.

I remeber she took me to a vegitearan curry house that was all you can eat. I almost coked because I was eating too fast. The food was that good.

She yelled at me now and again, but thats when I deserved it.



I wish I rembered which house was hers when i went on a school trip to Brighton not to long ago. I could have put a note through a letterbox.

She was the only one in my family that believed in ghosts and spirits and past lives. She loved gays, transexuals and transvestites and would always support the gay pride parade in any way she could.

I really miss her and I wish I spent more time with her.
















If anyone says "I'm sorry for your loss" I'll take away all your cookies. She would have hated people saying that.

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