Hey y'all!
Once again, I'm gonna let y'all in a personal part of my life. Tonight, I went to see the Candlelight Processional( Which I sing in but I didn't tonight). The Kids that I use to Direct at Middle burg High School In Jacksonville were there and they kicked butt! I'm so proud of them. But tonight, as I was listening to the concert( The "Hallelujah Chorus" By Handel to exact), I received a series of Phone calls. A couple was from very distant family that haven't talked to in years. But then my Godmother called.( She is like my mother now). She was calling to tell me that My Cousin Lee had died.
Now you must understand that this cousin not my age. Actually, she was 2 generations ahead of me. I was raised by my great-grandmother(who I refer to as mother). Growing up, I knew that mother's circle of Family was: Uncle Thomas( The one who was a very short man in stature and as long I had known him, was very old). Uncle Thomas was very funny. He died when I was in the 5th or 6th grade. I sang at his funeral. (and his wife's funeral Aunt Cora who got me addicted to Soap Opera's at the age of 5).
And then there was Aunt Bill( Willie Mae..Bill for Short) She was the sweet one! I sang at her Funeral.
And then There was Cousin Lee. Never Married. My skin Complexion( A lot of black people call it 'High Yella"). She was the feisty one. Always a loner. Never had Kids. Didn't care what she said. (Apparently she had always been like this.)
To make a long story short, This is all the family I had: My Birth mom who is so Strung out on drugs, that she doesn't know who I am. (She isn't doing Drugs anymore, but the drugs have done permanent damage.) Her Parent's are dead.
My Birth Mom has 2 brothers. One is gay and Won't have anything to do with me( because he was "Banned from the Family") and the Other is Mentally retarded.
So lets recap: I have Distant cousins (that Mother raised) that don't talked to me(for reason I'm sure I will discuss later), A mother that's brain is so fried that she doesn't know her own son. And 2 Uncle's that are in there own world.
Cousin Ida Lee was the last of the Generation of Mother. She was all of my true "Immediate" family I had left.
And On December 5th, 2007, she went to be with everyone else. And here I am. I'm ok but
I'm sure I will be singing at her funeral.
Antony
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