Family Drama
Well, my aunt passed away on the 9th, the funeral was yesterday, and I have yet to really react. I feel sad about it, but I don't feel what I think I should be feeling.
It was kind of surreal, going to Kamloops, using the last bits of cash I had to get there, not knowing where I would get the money to come back. Staying in my aunt's house with my cousins, parents and sister. Having my cousin Charles ask me if there was anything that I wanted from "the estate" that would remind me of Aunt Jean. He was making a list since he is the only living child that's left and he wanted everyone to get something. I told him that I really didn't need anything from the house to remember Aunt Jean & Uncle Louie, and he told me to think about it. I could have stayed a second night and came back to Vic today, but I didn't want to deal with the drama. Some of the cousins in Kamloops were like fucking vultures. The body wasn't even cold and they were already going through the house grabbing the "good stuff." We're fucking family!!! And it's just fucking stuff!!! I have lost a lot of respect for some of my relatives. Poor Charles, his mother just died and he's having to fend off the jackals from the corpse.
I've decided what I would like to have from the estate... a picture of Aunt Jean & Uncle Louie... together... not one of those posed, at the studio pictures, one of the ones when they were out and about, maybe going to the beach or what not. That's all I want, and all I need... don't even need a frame, I can get one of those myself. Then I will have something that shows how I remember Aunt Jean & Uncle Louie... happy, carefree and very much in love with each other.
KFC, Spanish Banks, sunburns, sandcastles, blackberries, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, the basement apartment on W. 70th, the apartment on W. 72nd, taking the trolley bus, Kits beach, sand in my fish and chips from the Kits Beach concession stand, the Fraser Canyon, Expo 86, the floating MacDonalds, Happy Meals, Boston Pizza, walking along the sea wall, English Bay, Seafest, fireworks, berry face... so many good memories. Memories that I treasure and will keep with me forever. Goodbye Aunt Jean.... where ever you are I hope that Uncle Louie is with you and you are happy. I'll miss you.
It was kind of surreal, going to Kamloops, using the last bits of cash I had to get there, not knowing where I would get the money to come back. Staying in my aunt's house with my cousins, parents and sister. Having my cousin Charles ask me if there was anything that I wanted from "the estate" that would remind me of Aunt Jean. He was making a list since he is the only living child that's left and he wanted everyone to get something. I told him that I really didn't need anything from the house to remember Aunt Jean & Uncle Louie, and he told me to think about it. I could have stayed a second night and came back to Vic today, but I didn't want to deal with the drama. Some of the cousins in Kamloops were like fucking vultures. The body wasn't even cold and they were already going through the house grabbing the "good stuff." We're fucking family!!! And it's just fucking stuff!!! I have lost a lot of respect for some of my relatives. Poor Charles, his mother just died and he's having to fend off the jackals from the corpse.
I've decided what I would like to have from the estate... a picture of Aunt Jean & Uncle Louie... together... not one of those posed, at the studio pictures, one of the ones when they were out and about, maybe going to the beach or what not. That's all I want, and all I need... don't even need a frame, I can get one of those myself. Then I will have something that shows how I remember Aunt Jean & Uncle Louie... happy, carefree and very much in love with each other.
KFC, Spanish Banks, sunburns, sandcastles, blackberries, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, the basement apartment on W. 70th, the apartment on W. 72nd, taking the trolley bus, Kits beach, sand in my fish and chips from the Kits Beach concession stand, the Fraser Canyon, Expo 86, the floating MacDonalds, Happy Meals, Boston Pizza, walking along the sea wall, English Bay, Seafest, fireworks, berry face... so many good memories. Memories that I treasure and will keep with me forever. Goodbye Aunt Jean.... where ever you are I hope that Uncle Louie is with you and you are happy. I'll miss you.
posted by James at 1:51 AM
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