Dear Lily,

I saw that son of yours on the news today. Engaged to that lovely woman. What’s her name again? The resemblance to your Aunt Sheela is quite amazing. Tell him that his Great-Aunt Jenna says that if he wants to keep a beautiful woman like that by his side, he needs a haircut and a good shave. This woman and her uncanny likeness to your Aunt Sheela has made me notice that I should probably make a kind of who’s who list so you and Uncle A (my name for the Alzheimer’s) can keep track.

My oldest sister Sheela was a famous opera singer in New York City by the time our mother died. She had started out right here in Chicago. She was real hot stuff, let me tell you. Your Aunt Sheela looked just like our mother. Long blonde hair, big blue eyes, an...

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