Most aunts I know love spoiling their nieces and nephews with gifts. That action figure your parents don’t have the money for? Aunty’s got you. That video game you just had to have? Aunty has connections to Santa. My Aunt Ann’s gift to me? Hockey and the New York Rangers.
By the time I was 4 years old, she’d enrolled me in skating lessons. Next, she signed me up for the local Mites program. Then, she ensured that I could play for as long as I wanted by paying for most of my equipment, league dues, and tournament registration fees.