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adulthood, aunts and uncles, chocolate, cousins, death, etsy shops, family, forts, mourning
If you need me, I’ll be in my blanket fort coloring!
I don’t think I want to be an adult any more. I think being an adult is over-rated. In fact, today I think that being an adult stinks!
If you need me, I’ll be in my blanket fort coloring. Or in the garden hiding behind the clothesline. Or driving around aimlessly in my Jeep, eating chocolate and talking on the phone.
Today started out nicely, as I spent the morning picking the brain of a sweet friend about the mysteries, perks, and pitfalls of having an etsy store. I am excited about a potential new direction for my Close To My Heart business and a sales venue for many of my mother’s things. Who knew etsy had a vintage division? I certainly did not!
The day started its downward slide as I talked with my cousin about how well her father-in-law, my most favorite uncle, was doing now that he is home from the hospital. It got a little better when my sister answered her phone and we started talking about that same uncle and how he is progressing. (For those of you who have been reading for awhile, this uncle is the husband of my precious Aunt Betty I have written about more than once.)
The truth is that none of us know when it is our time to go Heavenward. So we must make the effort to gather our loved ones around us. So I was talking to my sister on the phone (again about Uncle Phil and Aunt Betty) when our brother called. I just let it ring and kept talking. And he called back again, which is unusual. I put Melody on hold to talk to Donnie, only to hear that my east coast (actually southern) most favorite uncle (my dad’s little brother) had died. Our first concern, of course, was Daddy, and whether he was up to a cross-country trip for his brother’s funeral. And then for our aunt, who relied very heavily on her husband and now would be bereft.
We talked about the reverberations of Uncle Jim’s death throughout our family…about the great-grandchildren who would lose their playmate, about (in my case at least) remembering Uncle Jim before he married Aunt Jackie and gave us cousins. About how he in no way was the one we had thought would be the next relative to approach Heaven’s gates. And we came to one golden conclusion:
Being a grown-up bites! We are tired of having loved ones die and having to report the news to other loved ones. We are tired of watching loved ones become more and more confused and frail. And (this goes for me only) I am not feeling up to the challenge of becoming the next matriarch of our clan.
So if anyone needs me, I’ll be in my blanket fort, coloring.
Love this! I’m about to put out a post on boycotting adulthood. Glad to see I’m not alone.
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Usually I’m pretty cool with being an adult (although being a “senior citizen” is still a bit strange), but lately it seems to have more disadvantages than advantages. Thanks for the visit. – Fawn
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Amen!! I’ve had my days of wanting to run away from being an adult. Sorry to read about your uncle. Getting older and realizing we are becoming the oldest generation of our families – oy! I’m not a fan.
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I had a lovely long talk with my 2nd cousin, who is a contemporary of my daddy and uncles. The thing that tickled me is that she doesn’t want to be grown and wise, either! – Fawn
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