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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 1/21/23 [1]
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Date: 2023-01-21
Good evening and welcome to KTK.
After a week’s delay due to the storms, today we had a family gathering to honor the recent passing of my cousin. Her life was not an easy one. At 17, while riding her bicycle she was hit by a car. She barely survived, spent weeks in a coma and never completely recovered.
Her mom and sister did incredible work guiding her through life after the accident. Not always easy because she was stubbornly determined to maintain her independence.
A straight-A student before the accident, her life took a major detour. She was fond of saying, “life is not a bed of roses.” To which I might argue, it is. Even when life has you down in the thorns, around you there is still beauty to be found.
About 30 years ago my cousin got pregnant. The father was an abusive asshole interested only in taking advantage of my cousin. She understood she would not able to provide for a child. But my sister, not able to get pregnant due to a genetic disorder, was already looking to adopt. So now he is my nephew ...and first cousin once removed.
My nephew is now an adult, airplane mechanic at a major airline, and engaged. Life moves fast. Few are as naturally good-hearted as my nephew. He brings with him good feelings wherever he shows up.
My nephew had seen his mom a few weeks before she passed. She had told him she was tired and didn’t much fight left. My nephew lost his mom ...but still has a mom.
While struggling through the thorns thrown at her ...she created a rose. That we will be able to enjoy for years to come. Peace ...and thank you, my cousin.
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