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Created on: February 18, 2009
Life is not always fair. I have learned that through love and loss. I have lost so many loved ones through death and life. I have lost my grandfather, my aunt, my cousin, and the most important, my brother. I was really close to my grandfather and my brother. Let me explain these two loved ones to you.
My grandfather's name was Purly and he was the most outgoing person I knew. You couldn't get away without hugging him or listening to his jokes. He was always joking. He made my day when he came to visit me. He gave you a warm and inviting feeling whenever he was around. Unfortunetly he passed away 4 years ago. I will always keep him in my heart and mind.
My brother's name was Joshua and he was the life of the room. Everyone that knew him knew that he does whatever he wants when he wants. He was always polite and understanding. He also loved to joke around. He always seen the best in a person and tried to be friends with everyone. He was a great uncle, brother, son, and father. Unfortunetly he was murdered on Jan 28th, 2007. The man that murdered my brother got off scott free and trust me that is really unfair, because of that man my brother's son will never know his father. Everyone will miss and remember Joshua. I was really close to him and I feel that I'm still close to him.
Other people that I have lost in life are still alive but not at speaking terms with me. Sometimes they call and sometimes they don't. These people are my mother, my father, my sister, and my grandparents on my father's side.
My mother and I don't speak anymore due to I got really sick of being used by her and her boyfriend. I ended up staying with them when my home burned down to the ground. Well they are raising my 8 year old neice and they decided while I was staying with them they would make me a live in babysitter with and without my permission. Not only did they do that but they expected me to clean up, keep coffee made, and watch their house when they decided they needed to go anywhere. I only got thank you's from my mother. Her boyfriend on the other hand does not like me and believe me he showed it. He would also make comments to my mother and she would repeat them to me. My neice is a spoiled little brat! She has the run of the house and both my mother and her boyfriend made that clear. My neice would tell me to do something and then remind me that it was her house and she could do whatever she wanted to do. If I tried to disipline her I would get the raw end of it. When my children
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