never fails
am back from being in SC for 5 days.am still having to learn the hard way about not being in control and not knowing, but it's good.
the trip as a whole was good. good to see family and good to be with shawn.
it never fails that every time i go home i learn something new about at least one of my family members. for some reason, the other members of my family have this notion that i needed protection since i was the youngest. that and the fact that communication isn't exactly the trademark of my family...this time was no different.
i learned that my step-granddad (we called him Papa) died from cancer. had no clue. and i was in high school when that happened.
i learned that my maternal great-grandparents got pregnant before they got married.
i learned that my dad was really sick (mono-type something or other) the 3 months before and 3 months after I was born.
there were a couple of other statements made that i'd never heard said exactly as they were said.
fascinating, really.
anyway, it was a good time, though.
now i have 24 days to pack, get as much work done as possible to have a feeling of closure, buy Christmas gifts, and say my goodbyes.
but other than that...
posted by Loren @ 10:05 AM
3 Comments:
learning stuff is good.
I would like to know how the talk with your Dad and Shawn went and if there is other news about your future that shoud be done. Sorry I missed you while you were here.
I am trying to break certain cycles in my own family as well. That is to say, with my own husband and children, to live as a healthy family that communicates (really communicates) and functions as a unit of partership and puts away selfishness for the good of the whole family. Yes, learning things is good.
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