Mary Frances "Frannie" Jimenez - You will be missed!

I just got back from California where I attended my precious Aunt Frannie's funeral. For those of you who know, she had been battling a long illness for the last 10 years or so. She had cancer around 30 years ago, but the radiation that was done on her basically is what eventually caused her death. It did keep her alive another 32 years, but what it did do is damage her heart. So for the last 10 years she has been struggling to stay alive...living on oxygen and confined to a wheel chair and her bed. Her fight is finally over, but her spirit is still strong and she will never be forgotten.

My Aunt Frannie was like my sister. I lived with her and my uncle and cousin when I lived in California and we became so very close. She has always been one of my biggest fans and cheerleaders (second to mom) and would have done anything for me. She wasn't able to come to my wedding and she never was able to meet Markus. The saddest thing for me is that she will not get to meet my son. I wanted her to be able to see me as a mother bc that is one thing that she did with all of her heart...she loved her son (my cousin Spencer) and I just hope that I can make her proud and love mine half as much as she loved him. Uhh, I'm gonna miss her. I hear her talking in my head all of the time. I wish she was still here but like I said at her funeral, she finally can walk and dance again.

I love you Aunt Frannie. Dance, Dance, Dance!

Mary Frances "Frannie" Jimenez
June 4, 1951 - July 8, 2008



Me and Aunt Frannie with her granddaughter Adriana



With my cousins (Spencer and Bob) at the funeral