A favorite daylily

One of my favorite daylilies started blooming today. Sea Edge Dot and Chet was named after a friend of mine. I always enjoyed stopping at Chet's place for a visit and a walk around his garden. He grew and sold daylilies and he was that one that got me hooked on daylilies.

Fifty three years ago today, my parents and I left on our first plane trip. My brother paid for my parents tickets and they paid for mine. I was the only child living at home at the time. We flew from Halifax to Edmonton, my brother met us there and drove us to his home in Fort MacMurray.

My sister in New Brunswick called me this morning to let me know that our oldest niece passed away this morning. She had COPD and has been on oxygen for the past few years. There is going to be a private family service next week. Now I have to make a decision if I should go or not.
When her mother (my sister) passed away in 2019, Jo-Anne called both of my other sisters and told them, then waited 2 hours before calling me. Her excuse to me was that the minister showed up. But when I told a friend who knew the minister, she said if he had know that not all of the immediate family had been called, then he would have told Jo-Anne to call me right then. During that 2 hour time period, my drama loving sister posted it on FB, which is how I found out about it. Neither my sister nor my niece would apologize and admit that they hurt me. For me, that was the last straw. I have not spoken to either of them since that time. The 2 of them always thought they were better than everyone else. I was left out of conversations at family dinners because I did not go on shopping trips to the US every few months. And just generally made to feel that I was not good enough for them.
As I said in a post a few days ago, my life had changed so much in the past few years, I feel better about myself since I have not had to deal with all their negativity.
As teenagers, Jo-Anne and I spent a lot of time together. She was only 4 years younger than I am. Most people thought we were cousins and were surprised when they  were told that we were aunt and niece. That is the person that I will mourn, not the person she became as an adult.