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Unforgettable experiences
#WritcoStoryPrompt103
Tell us about an unforgettable experience that left you sadder but wiser.
I was looking forward to eighteen. Now that I was here, I was ready to take on the world. The pandemic weighed me down but not anymore it’s 2022 and life is great. No more masks and hopefully no more of life holding me back. I was on my way to work, the cap was too tight and the sun was so bright. The music was blasting and I was just vibing before I clocked in. My mom turned down the music and decided to have a “serious talk” with me. Long story short my grandma with cancer was in hospice now and needed somewhere to live. In all honesty I was upset because all I ever wanted was happiness and I knew seeing her this way would drain every drop of happiness from my body. I couldn’t bring myself to help take care of her. All they could give her is morphine to ease the pain of dying. To see her lose her light and her fight was killing me inside and no one knew. It was March then and May 1st she was gone. It was so fast and if losing here wasn’t enough. As my grandmother was waiting to be picked up and taken to the morgue, I walked to the garage where my other family were talking, to check on them. My sister and cousin were mad at me and told me I didn’t deserve to miss her because I helped the least. Thag broke me in a way I’ve never experienced. It’s been a year now and I’ve honestly learned that grieving is a journey and I was grieving her before she was gone. I don’t have any regrets but how I let people judge my feelings and my path. To this day my relationship with my sister and cousin is rocky and that’s okay.
© Makaiylah Robinson
Tell us about an unforgettable experience that left you sadder but wiser.
I was looking forward to eighteen. Now that I was here, I was ready to take on the world. The pandemic weighed me down but not anymore it’s 2022 and life is great. No more masks and hopefully no more of life holding me back. I was on my way to work, the cap was too tight and the sun was so bright. The music was blasting and I was just vibing before I clocked in. My mom turned down the music and decided to have a “serious talk” with me. Long story short my grandma with cancer was in hospice now and needed somewhere to live. In all honesty I was upset because all I ever wanted was happiness and I knew seeing her this way would drain every drop of happiness from my body. I couldn’t bring myself to help take care of her. All they could give her is morphine to ease the pain of dying. To see her lose her light and her fight was killing me inside and no one knew. It was March then and May 1st she was gone. It was so fast and if losing here wasn’t enough. As my grandmother was waiting to be picked up and taken to the morgue, I walked to the garage where my other family were talking, to check on them. My sister and cousin were mad at me and told me I didn’t deserve to miss her because I helped the least. Thag broke me in a way I’ve never experienced. It’s been a year now and I’ve honestly learned that grieving is a journey and I was grieving her before she was gone. I don’t have any regrets but how I let people judge my feelings and my path. To this day my relationship with my sister and cousin is rocky and that’s okay.
© Makaiylah Robinson
