The author's Great Aunt Joanna helped raise her. Courtesy of Nicole Johnson My Great Aunt Joanne helped raise me, and we've always been close. When I had a midlife career change and became a teacher, we became even closer. She always had thoughtful advice while I was in school, and our shared experiences bonded us. From early childhood, I was close to my Great Aunt Joanne. The youngest of my great-grandmother's five children, she was born long after her siblings, making her closer in age to...