During the week I got a call from my sisters BF (John) who wanted to do something nice for my sister. He felt as though he was taking her away from everyone and wanted to make sure she had a chance to say goodbye(1) to to everyone properly. We decided to surprise her at Marigold with a little going away thing. His parents and brother were there with my parents, my grandma, and my auntie Pearl.(2) It was really nice to have everyone there. I am also happy that Marcy has found a good guy in John and no longer feels the burden of the long distance itch.(3) An itch that gets the best of most people. An itch that can make you feel completely helpless. Some days you can itch all over and some days you can find something to keep your mind off the itch bit it is always there and it’s in a place you could never reach no matter what kind of yoga you’ve been doing to get to it.
(1) – This is when Marcy moved to Snow Lake to live with John. She has some interesting stories from this time and I remember when she wanted to come home and my dad and I drove a U-Haul out there to get her back!
(2) – Auntie Pearl was just that, a pearl. She is actually my Grandma’s sister and we called her Auntie Pearl. Miss that lady.
(3) – This was likely written while Shan was in Thailand. I remember the itch.