Blood is only a liquid that gives life…not compassion
As the years go by, slowly, just when I think I've see the worst that family can do to each other…I see yet another disgraceful act of unkindness…
I saw him roll into ICU, attached to a ventilator, with a chest tube draining blood, lines measuring his blood pressures, medications infusing intravenously, and a bag where blood had been infused during surgery. I couldn't help but think…who's blood???
It really didn't matter, as he needed it…and as soon as he was settled into ICU, the empty bag was taken down and he began to awaken, still with a tract tube in..helping him breathe…he made it through a double bypass. My mother held back her tears as she breathed with relief.
So, I began to wonder…Is blood really "thicker than water".. As the old saying goes?? Technically, yes…but metaphorically…NO.
How sad these simple minded, pathetic excuses for humans are. They are ignorant, lazy, disgusting and hopeless.
To ignore your own father, a single dad that worked more than 50 hours a week to raise you, he gave YOU everything he could possibly give, yet…when he needed YOU most…as usual- YOU were not there.
YOU lay at home, drawing tax payer money as your salary, pretending to be "disabled" and ignoring a man who spent time in ICU, wondering if he was going to live, see his son again…time ticks slowly for someone longing to see their child who they love more than anything in this universe that we know exists…. YOU are an overweight, washed up, leech on society…. YOU are a poor excuse of a man, much less that of a father yourself…………. YOU are a 40 something redneck that continues to live with your in-law parents…pathetic…looser is such a cliche' yet so fitting for YOU.
Then, there's the sister/aunt/sister-in-law….I'm shocked at the lack of concern although I shouldn't be…time and time again…. disappointment. I had hope for the relationship of the 2 sisters…but that's done. I see no hope for these middle aged siblings and it's so sad. They will die strangers and probably unknowing of each others death. The miles that separate them are nothing in comparison to the heartache that separates them. So much time has passed….WASTED time…how sad….I have photos of sisters who use to laugh together, shop together, cook together, and just love to be together…wow, it seems like that never existed, again…so sad….growing up, a child loves her aunt and thinks she will be there for her family…a family- who stood by her during her darkest moments and deepest secrets….yet, she coldly ignores. I'm ashamed to call her "my aunt". She was so much in the eyes of a child, beautiful and loving…but now, she's NOTHING…I will always miss my "aunt"…however, it's hard to miss NOTHING.
The Uncle/brother/brother-in-law has always been a waste of sperm…someone who has never amounted to anything but a huge disappointment to his parents… so the fact that this "waste" did not respond is not only - not surprising but typical. She should not have wasted her effort to press the send button on that email. Another leech on society that is always wanting a handout…yet can't keep a job…..why am I wasting the time to blog about him???
I am reminded once again of just how lucky I am. I have those around me who care, and I'm so grateful.
I have observed- There are those who learn and grow with their minds and their hearts…..And then, there are those who remain stagnant as simple minded "folk" and seem to become toddlers as they age- depending on others, holding grudges, throwing temper tantrums and shifting the blame.
The irony that time forces us to take, some recognize….and some are just too stupid to recognize, too stupid to understand, too stupid to learn…and just plain too stupid.
Sadly, family as in "blood" means absolutely nothing…………. Family, as in "compassion" means everything.