Already 22
1, I nearly died do to strep throat
2, was raped by my real father and was nearly killed by him
3, was wisped away by my mother
4, beaten on the side of a road with my mother by my first stepfather and left to die
5, met my first and truest friend
6, moved away from that friend
7, birthday party in the park where I was grounded for wanting to play tag
8, birthday party went no where, none of my friends showed up
9, spent at my grandmother’s 900 miles from my mother and friends
10, alone, in my basement room
11, eating cake in the back of a van while traveling to Rochester for my second stepfather’s gig
12, watched a movie hung with one friend
13, grounded
14, The Chris party, everyone there was named Chris or some variation, watched a movie
15, Uncle died, no time for a birthday party
16, DnD party with coworkers, no one liked the game.
17, got a car, it was a piece of shit
18, graduated, mother called me an abomination unto god and gave me a knife to kill myself with
19, mother kicked me out of the house, I started college
20, spent the day working at the front desk of towers
21, went out and drank more or less alone, only one person said happy birthday
22, 1-5 am shift at the front desk, tired, alone again.
Can’t believe I’m already 22.
steelwidow
The only thing I can say right now is WOW…
I had this long drawn out paragraph typed up here and decided that it wasn’t worthy of me typing in this spot.
That is one heck of a story to tell that you summed up in 1 major thing for each year that you could remember.
Thank you for sharing. I must say though that it doesn’t make me feel better or worse about my life or anyone else’s that I know.
It just makes me feel and that is the biggest point in my mind at the moment… actually the most important point of all.
XtomJames
thanks for your comment
maka1967
For all the injustice you experienced, you still have your talent. And you are really a brave man to say the above. I believe you can be a good writer or journalist. Just trust yourself a little bit more, my friend. There must be many people who hope they had your talent.
All the best! And, Happy Birthday!
XtomJames
Thanks Maka, always the encourager.
mcadwell
1, I nearly died do to strep throat – um, you were already two years old by then.
2, was raped by my real father and was nearly killed by him – he never tried to kill you.
7, birthday party in the park where I was grounded for wanting to play tag – funny, I don’t remember that.
8, birthday party went no where, none of my friends showed up – because you are obnoxious and rude.
15, Uncle died, no time for a birthday party – how did that happen? Your birthday was in August and your uncle didn’t die until Thanksgiving. Seems like you had plenty to time for a birthday party. Oh yeah, you did have one. Guess that means you lied.
17, got a car, it was a piece of shit – maybe if you had a job you could have gotten a better one yourself. Ungrateful and lazy.
18, graduated, mother called me an abomination unto god and gave me a knife to kill myself with – because your deep dark secret was discovered. I only gave you a knife because you said you wanted to kill yourself and I dared you to do it because I knew you didn’t mean it. Are you trying for pity here?
19, mother kicked me out of the house, I started college – I didn’t kick you out of the house. You just up and left saying you were taking your computer to a friend’s so he could look at it and you never came back. Another lie.
21, went out and drank more or less alone, only one person said happy birthday – that’s because of your personality…you don’t have any friends.
22, 1-5 am shift at the front desk, tired, alone again – and you will always be alone unless you start being a better person and stop thinking you know everything. I always tried to take down your God Syndrome and it never worked.
Can’t believe I’m already 22 – I also can’t believe it. 22 and you know less than you think. Now stop lying so much. You need to get some help!
mcadwell
I don’t know what you are trying for here…attention? pity? actual friends since you don’t have any in the real world?
I am begging you to get some counseling, you could be so much happier and you wouldn’t have to lie anymore to make yourself feel better.
Please?!
Mom
yourgrandma
I must agree wholeheartedly with your mother. You have so much self pity and want so much to be loved and important but you do everything wrong. You are definitely obnoxious and never know when to stop with your stubborness. Get help and grow up. Stop argueing and start listening. Your superficial know it all complex is more than any one can stomach. Your exagerations are absurd. How dare you disrespect and use your much loved by all uncle for your profit. Your life is but a speck of dust compared to the misery your uncle lived every day of his life since he had Cystic Fibrosis from his birth and was taking 50 pills per day to absorb his food when was 5 years old. Constant doctors and madness of being pricked and poked, etc. He could not even breathe, living with machines. He is the one to pity NOT YOU!!!!! By the way you turned 16 in August and your uncle, my son, died in November at the young age of 33, doomed since birth. You should be ashamed!!!
Grandma