PILFERING FOM FAMILY
OK, WELL I'LL START HERE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE STARTED A BLOG. I FORGOT THE INFO TO GET INTO THE OLD ONE... GENIUS!
I'LL START WITH A SHORT STORY...
UP TO ABOUT WHEN MY SISTER AND I WERE MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED, WE TOOK STUFF FROM OUR CLOSE COUSIN.
MY SISTER AND I WERE SECRETLY JEALOUS OF HER DUE TO THE FACT THAT HER MOM WASN’T A DRUNK AND THAT SHE HAD MORE CLOTHES, A BIG ROOM, LOTS OF TOYS, AND ALL THE SUPPORT WE COULD ONLY DREAM OF HAVING FROM LOVING PARENTS. SHE NEVER RUBBED IT IN OUR FACES, BUT WE WERE JEALOUS JUST THE SAME.
IT STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH, WE’D JUST TAKE THINGS LIKE BEADS & JEWLERY HARWARE, OBJECTS SHE HAD A OVER ABUNDANCE OF THAT WOULD NEVER GO NOTICED IF MISSING.
THEN IT PROGRESSED TO A SHOE (1 FROM A PAIR), A MOVIE, A SHIRT HERE AND THERE. BOOKS, SMALL TOYS WE DIDN’T HAVE DUE TO OUR POORNESS, ECT…
AT THE END OF AN EVENING, MY SISTER AND I WOULD REVEAL TO EACH OTHER OUR ILL-GOTTEN GAINS. THEN WE’D STASH THE BOOTY IN A HOLLOWED OUT LABYRINTH BOARD GAME.
THIS WENT ON FOR QUITE A WHOLE, EVEY NOW & THEN SOME OF OUR SWAG WOULD TURN UP WHEN OUR COUSIN WAS OVER, AND WE’D BE “PUZZLED” AS TO HOW IT GOT THERE.
THEN CAME THE DAY WE WERE FOUND OUT.
FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON MY SISTER DECIDED TO TAKE A DOOR KNOB, OF ALL THINGS!?
OUR AUNT NOTICED AND EVIDENCE WAS TRACED BACK TO OUR WAYWARD PIRATES.
OUR LOOT WAS SEIZED AND WE WERE PUNISHED BY OUR MOM (WHICH MENT AN ASS BEATING, BUT NO FOLLOW-THROUGH).
FROM THEN ON WE ONLY TOOK SMALL OBJECTS LIKE BEADS, JEWLERY HARDWARE AND WE’D USUALLY JUST THROUGH A SHOE IN THE TRASH NOW AND THEN.

2 Comments:
ALL CAPS IS A REAL KILLER ON THE EYES AND IS INTERNET SPEAK FOR "SHOUTING".
Seems like you've had a bit of a rough time of it. Sorry that more is not going well for you. Keep working at it. It really will get better. Do it for your kid.
*I "found" you from your comment on Daily Dancer*
See We are laughing and everyone else is feeling bad for us... we will surely have to spin the book!- Jen's sis
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