Soo recently I have been dealing with a lot of different situations where people need to learn to think before they speak.
I have to say the crudest situation was on Sunday. While at "Soul Food Sundays"(The name my best friend coined my family dinners) my cousin looked in my face and said, "Thats why you don't have any grandparents." The comment hit me like a brick. My mouth dropped and all I could hear was my sister say, "That isn't funny."
The comment brought me back to jr. high/high school days, when you said evil things because hey it just seemed cool. Please note my cousin is 15 and should have known better. As much BS as I have been through during that time(most because of my teeth) you would think I would have let drift off. But I couldn't I found myself calling my mother about 3 days later telling her how hurt I was.
The comment didn't still hurt it was the truth that was hidden behind the comment. My grandparents are gone but what is also gone is the wisdom and knowledge. I never knew my father's parents(Hell I don't and never knew him) and my mothers parents passed away in 06(grandfather) and 08(grandmother). I didn't really know my maternal grandfather but my maternal grandmother I knew her and I loved her.
Though I am left with the memories, there are moments where I am confused I wish I could call on them for wisdom. Hell I wish I could call my grandmother and talk to her about Single Ladies... I know she would have a ton to talk about with that.
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