How Holidays Have Changed...
Age 6:
Grandma's House - Grandma, two aunts,
one uncle, mom, dad, brother, and six cousins.
*At Pappy's by 6:00*
Pappy's House - Pappy, two aunts, one uncle, mom, dad,
brother, five cousins.
*Home by 11:00*
Age 11:
Great-Grandma's House - No more
grandma, one aunt, one uncle, mom, dad, brother, and two cousins.
Grandma died when I was 10, one aunt is on the streets on drugs,
one cousin with other family, three cousins in a foster home.
*At pappy's by 3:30*
Pappy's House - Pappy, two aunts, one uncle, mom, dad,
brother, five cousins, two boyfriends.
*Home by 10:00*
Age 14:
At my house
- On the phone with Great-grandma because I no longer have a
grandma, both aunts are on the streets on drugs, one cousin
adopted, three cousins in a foster home, one cousin living with
her boyfriend, one cousin with another family member who is
eating at great-grandma's house.
Still at my house - Pappy, one uncle and his girlfriend, one aunt
and her boyfriend, mom, dad, brother, five cousins and two
husbands, plus a new little cousin.
*Everyone gone by 9:30*
Age 16:
At my house - On the phone with
great-grandma because i dont have a grandma, one aunt got
murdered summer of '09, one aunt is on drugs and pregnant,
one uncle just got out of jail, five cousins adopted, one cousin
in rehab, one cousin in a detention center, one cousin living
with her mom.
Still at my house - Two aunts, one of which is the one on drugs
and pregnant, mom, dad, brother, and two cousins because pappy
died the summer of '09.
*Everyone is gone by 7:00*
I wish things would go back to the way they were
when I was 6.
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dancergrl9467 · 1 decade ago
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thanks.<3