I Have Not Visited My Sick Aunt

Pene Hodge
5 min readJul 5, 2021

Though she has been asking for me for years

Photo by billow926 on Unsplash

Am I just being selfish?

My aunt and I were extremely close back in the day. Man were we close! This was the lady who made my first dress complete with smocking so they tell me.

I cannot recall a time during my teenage years when my aunt was not around. My aunt OJ, yes that is actually what I have…

--

--

Pene Hodge

Writer. I write because I must. Arrive curious, leave inspired. I welcome collaboration, contact me@oursoulwords@gmail.com