January 19, 2007
walk home
One of my sisters moved away recently. She and her husband found a new home in the town he was raised in, over 2,500km east of here. We helped them pack up their apartment, load a trailer her husband and his brother would drive all the way back, and then see her off at the airport a few days later. It didn't seem like a big deal to me. When she was married, they tried different churches, and wanted some independence from the family. I didn't see her for months, and I got used to it. And I thought I knew what to expect after seeing her leave this time, but for some reason, I'm here, writing about it.
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prospect point
My opportunity presented itself today. The opportunity to open a dialogue with the parents, that is. It's January 1st, it could have been an interesting way to begin 2007, and the bait was there, suspended directly in front of me, but I couldn't bite. I was downtown on Granville Island having a nice dinner with the mom at The Keg. She was given gift cards for Christmas, and I'd never been there before... She was brought up understanding that New Years Day was the day to do everything you couldn't do on Christmas.. like have some more good turkey dinner, company, games, and all sorts of fun without wasting time on presents. The father figure was more inclined to spend the day watching tv and working on the computer, so I went with her.
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