My cousin... technically first cousin once removed, had a baby when he was quite young. I found out today that his child had her first baby, so now he is a grandpa. I am 35. He is exactly my same age, born on my same birthday, in the same year, our parents even stayed in the same hospital room!
Holy crap! I don't even feel like a grown up and I am considering having another baby and here he is having his first GRANDCHILD!
I also have a beef, because nobody hardly reads, I think it is safe for me to say.
My Aunt who has a daughter only 9 mos older than my daughter Emerald was, didn't show up to Emerald's birthday party. She said that her oldest daughter had a basketball game. They knew that Emerald was going to die. So instead of realising that they will have more games in the future, even if it was the end of the season, they chose to miss the party (Emerald was upset by it) and do their thing. That week, my aunt came over and kept saying that her girls were going to stay the night. When it came time for the day they said, they always had some excuse why they couldn't come. Emerald was upset.
Emerald used to go over there and spend the weekend. Lots of times. She got sick and she would invite Tristan, or Anya, but never Emerald. Emerald noticed... I mean how could she not?
So today, my cousin Holly had a baby shower. My Aunt came in, dropped off gifts and left, saying they had to go out on the boat.
WTF? Let me tell it like it is. If you don't even bother showing up for good events in someones life... then why bother showing up for the funeral? To help your own conscience? For pete's sake, I know for a FACT that Emerald would have wanted her to share in the celebration of her life, instead she was only there for the sorrow of her death.
LIVE PEOPLE. Live in a way that honors and respects yourself and others. We only have one shot...you are responsible for how you respond.
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