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Two Sides of a Family
During the time of mourning everyone has a shoulder for someone to cry on, but once the deceased is either six feet under or place in the furnace the people that once acted polite, respectful, mournful for the lost of a loved one, they turn into cunning, greedy fiends trying to get their greasy hands on whatever the passing has left behind.
I have seen these effects happen only twice out of the only three funerals I have went to thus far in my life. The first time was during my Grandpa Jack’s (step-grandfather) funeral, his kids and family came down from Michigan, well most of them are from Michigan, to Tennessee to attend the service. They have of course receive some personnel effects from what was in the will of Grandpa Jacks and what my grandmother wanted them to have too, but alas the greed of a human and their ignorance for the care of other drove them to take or simply misplace an object in the bottom of their luggage. Now I can see why some would take a little memento or a keepsake to remind them of their passing father, but not only the possessions of Grandpa Jacks went missing but other belongings of my grandmothers went missing as well: a grinder, an country guitar sing by some blue grass singer, and other objects that I cannot remember rite now.
At the time I have never thought that people in my side of the family would be like that, never thought they would turn on one another, start a family feud; I was wrong. During the arrangement of my grandmother funeral they were disputes on whether or not to do as grandma wanted done in her will, she wanted to be cremated like her husband was, but some of her kids wanted a burial and someplace to visit their mother, that is understandable. What is not understandable is the dispute on what to do with the belongings, grandmother wanted them to hold an auction on all the remaining objects that was not taken and/or bought by the family or, they showed up in the middle of the night to take something and not check it off an inventory list they had, or show up to take what’s in the mail box’s and take off, and what was left was sold in an open house they had even then a few more objects came up missing. It is sad to think of what people will do and act in time that should be spent mourning or help someone who is have trouble to accept the lost, but these people see an opportunity for something and they will do most anything to achieve that something, whether the something is of value or just getting their way. I may blowing this out of proportion, at least I think I am, it may not be a big deal now that I look back, everyone is getting along just fine now that everything is said and done, but still there are word that was said that won’t be forgotten maybe ignore but not forgotten. Well whatever I this project done, enjoy this long boring crap about my redneck family from the South. Good day.