Oct 19 2008
Family Vacation
Honey, get the kids, we’re going on a vacation. Oh great, another family vacation, another 8 hour drive with your parents and siblings stuffed in the car, yelling and screaming the whole way. Your little brother keeps throwing up on you, your little sister keeps singing stupid Disney channel songs, you dad is a crazy driver and insists on passing the truck ahead of you over a double yellow, your mom keeps screaming at your dad to slow down, and you just sit there in the car in fear of it all. You finally get to your grandparents house, and your grandma gives you a giant pinch on the cheek, and gets her weird colored lipstick all over your face. Your grandpa doesn’t even know your name, and keeps calling you by the dog’s name, and the dog by yours, and you just have to sit there and take it. You get home, and are so relieved that you don’t have to deal with your family anymore. A few years go by, your off to college, your parents are split up, your grandparents passed away, your sister ran off with some hell’s angels biker, and your little brother lives with your aunt on the other side of the country, and you wish you could have it all back. You wish you hadn’t taken it all for granted. Enjoy your time with your family, because they are all you’ve got, and they won’t be around for ever.
-Through My Eyes
