Dear Hillary and Allison,
This is Tami Buckley Merrill. I just have to share a memory about Aunt Shirla!
Right around Christmas time, when I was five years old, I got a bad case of pneumonia and had to be hospitalized. When I arrived at the hospital, I had to have IV’s put into both of my thighs. Next, I had to be strapped to my bed so that the IV’s wouldn’t tear out. I was sad, miserable, and so scared.
One day, Aunt Shirla showed up to my hospital room. She told me that she had just come from Frazier’s (the local grocery store). While she was shopping, she felt a tap on her shoulder.
“You will never guess who it was that tapped me on the shoulder!” I had no idea. “It was SANTA CLAUS!” Aunt Shirla told me that Santa said to her, “Aren’t you Tami’s Aunt?” She told him she was. “Well, I know she is in the hospital. I would really like to take her a gift, but I am so busy this Christmas season, that I don’t have time. Would you take Tami this coloring book and these crayons for me?” Shirla told Santa that she would be happy to make a delivery for him!
I don’t remember much about being five years old, but I will always remember Aunt Shirla’s visit that wonderful day as she made a special delivery for Santa Claus!
