“Bury me with the lies I told” – written outside the envelope. It was addressed to me – I wondered why. I barely knew her, and what I did know was not pleasant. I met my new mother-in-law three years after my “real” mil died of cancer five days after I married her only son. Tragically, we had two days after the ceremony to travel and meet her. Then less than three years later I had a new (Cruella deVille) mother in law. Then my husband a new half brother and a half sister on the way. All this surprising but then communications weren’t easy. Our children were pushed away from them as grandparents and no one stopped this. I ripped open the envelope, thinking maybe it was an apology. I was wrong of course. She kept her lies and I gladly buried them.
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Dverse Prosery Monday — Bury Me
The Bag Lady 
I feel my kids suffered that loss. I was so lucky to have all my grandparents living with us.
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O my, how awful, no words really, but I feel deep pain in this.
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wow! Awesome take, Cheryl! 😁💜💜
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😦 I read above where they’ve all passed on now.
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Yes
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Sometimes some bridges remain burned….
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Yes this one was. All involved have passed now
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Cheryl, I hope this story is 100% fiction. I’ve known families like this and the toxins ripple into all of the relationships. I feel most sorry for the innocent children in them.
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It’s true
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My regret ids my folks were far away and old and these two didn’t have anything to do as grandparents. My kids suffered that loss
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Cheryl, having been so close to my grandma and grandpa, I can’t imagine what my life would have been like without them. I’m sorry they couldn’t be there for your kids and that your kids missed out on their presence. Did they have a connection with your folks?
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Yes, but I grew up with all four grandparents in my farmhouse. I was lucky. I wanted that for my kids, didn’t happen because my husband followed the job. All good, but there weren’t cell phones etc then. Letters only. If you wanted to make a phone call you had to call an operator, and then the operator would call you back whenever she could get through to that particular number. So different these days. However there are some unpleasant things I think happening with communication these days. I think young people text each other, Snapchat each other, instead of talking face-to-face and then that takes a certain type of skill to be able to talk to someone face-to-face and do it well? I don’t know maybe I’m crazy nothing is ever perfect.
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Yes you are lucky to have grown up with all 4 grandparents. How did that happen? My kids had my mom and stepdad as grandparents close by but my ex-husband’s dad had passed on young and his mom lived up in Canada so they only see her and her husband a few times growing up.
The time of operator calls was before my time, but I do remember party lines.
Yes it is very different now when everybody has cell phones. I’m not complaining as I’m texting back and forth with my kids and friends frequently. I do understand that the young ones don’t know another way to interact beyond screens, and that is rather disturbing. I just wonder what’s next.
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