My Aunt April Rene Mitchell's Honor Of The Dead

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Honor of the Dead
(Tribute to a person who has died) Death is a common action that happens to every living thing. Plant and animals all experience the action of death but the only thing that celebrate the path of death the most is humans. We are one of the few creatures on this planet that mourn for our dead with an elaborate ceremony. This is how humans honor the passing of our loved ones. I have also lost someone to this death and I respect them dearly. This person that has earned my respect is my Aunt, April Rene Mitchell, for the way she lived her life was one of self-respect. My Aunt April lived a life that was worth respecting. My aunt lived most of her life with men that were not that respectful to her, but she still had a child with both of them. She was willing to raise two children by herself once she was divorced from these two men she lived with. Even though she had full custody
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My aunt’s first husband had two children before he had one with April, and when my aunt was thinking of a divorce her only reason for even thinking about staying was those two children. In the end she did leave and took her son with her. She was always willing to be friends with anyone and tried to teach her son to do the same which that is hard to tell if that stuck. She was religious and didn’t care if you knew about it, she was really involved in the church she went to and called everyone that also went to the same church Brother/Sister. Most of the time she could bring a smile to all those around her, partly because she knew most of the people in the town. On exception she did put a lot of fear in some people like the story of when my father had to deliver freight to the place she worked. The guy my father talked to, to ask where to place the package and the person told him to take it to the short one over there and to be careful because she has a temper. My father then replies telling the guy that she was his

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