My sister Joyce died on Friday. I found out today. The day I became a senior.
When I was younger, I never thought I’d get this old. I don’t know what Joyce thought.
Joyce was 10 years older than me, and we had different fathers. I was told by my mother that Joyce was my cousin the first time I saw her. Mom died the next month.
She was given up for adoption to my mother’s brother Billy and his wife. Her real father died in a car accident before she was born. Our mother got tuberculosis and couldn’t cope with parenting. Her adopted mother died when she was a toddler, and her adopted father, my uncle Billy, died in a car accident before she was 10.
I have never known anyone more saturated in tragedy.
RIP Joyce 🙏
Dennis Mantin 
From such tragic beginnings I hope Joyce found some joy in life
My blessings with you
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What a tragic life! 💔
RIP Joyce
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sorry for your loss Dennis….when a family member passes our world shrinks….
do what is in your heart now , today , tommorrow even next week…..
we have less time ahead of us than behind
and let us leave this place a little better than the way we found it
jd
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Deeply sorry for your loss Mantin!
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Thanks Kutchi
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