June 23, 2007
She left me a good amount of money….
I was never nice to my aunt. I was young, full of myself, and she was boring to me, a spinster. Nothing I understood. She tried to reach out to me and I was always indifferent. I tried to be better as I got older. She was a serious reader and traveled alone a lot. She had courage. Still, I was busy becoming an adult, falling in love, falling out, etc. and guilty that I’d been such a shit in the past. She died a few months ago and it turns out she left me a good amount of money. It has made me feel worse, really. I don’t deserve it. I doubt she had that in mind. She was kind, but I wonder. I don’t think I can keep it, though I need it desperately.
Submitted by: Melanie
At 2:45 pm on July 8, 2007, William commented:
Keep it! She was a good woman. She knew what she was doing. She was being selfless. She had to know you were just a young kid. And stop being so hard on yourself. Maybe you could give some of that money away — to a literacy group or something. Take it all on! Honor her and you! Don’t hide behind your sins, break through them.