For the past couple of years, I've always talked about how I almost have no relationship with my extended family, not even with my aunt who stays not too far away from me here. And for the longest time I've always blamed it on my childhood and how I was raised as a kid.
My dad had raised us far away from his siblings. I don't know if he did that on purpose, but being that far away from them made me not have any form of personal relationship with any of his siblings, although they visited occasionally.
Well, a couple of days ago, I had decided to do something I haven't done in my life: I decided to call my aunt just to say hi to her. That call that evening was everything I had imagined it would be; the shock and surprise were all there.
Anyway, I decided to take it a step further today. In the spirit of Easter, I had decided to go pay her a visit. So I had called ahead because I'm not a fan of going to people's houses without letting them know that I'm coming. So I had gone over to her place and spent a couple of hours there before returning home.
Although, if I'm being honest, the real reason I hadn't gone to visit her all this while was because I always felt I had nothing to talk to her about, and that was still the case today. I found myself not really saying anything, but something about this one felt different.
It felt different because not only had I showed up all by myself, but I could tell she was excited and also wanted to talk to me due to her many attempts to start small talk, which I tried to maintain myself. Anyway, it felt real good doing that today, and hopefully I get to visit her more often and just make her smile often.