Still, I think for my aunt, there was nothing left back home for her.  I sometimes wondered if she feared loosing herself there, as she seemed to have found her place, a sense of belonging in Highland Park.  Her home in Dallas remained her refuge, a nest my aunt wove out of things that represented the happy memories of the people and places that set her at ease, peace.  According to her horoscope, my aunt’s chart displayed all four fire signs, which best encapsulates who she was, her personality, her way of life.  With so much energy, she took to barreling though life, though I think she may have burned herself out. 

“Your aunt sure loved bright colors.  All yellows, and oranges.  When I’d ask her what she wanted to wear today, it was always one of those.  Especially that orange,” Tammy said.

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