Oops. Life apparently distracted me away from writing this blog. But I digress.
Day 11- Write about something you always think "What if..." about. Wow. so many thoughts.
I have had these "what if" thoughts for so long that I try so hard NOT to think about what if and just accept where I am now. Dwelling on the "what if's" in life does not help you move forward and live your life. That being said, a coworker just lost her father, so I have been thinking about what will happen when my parents pass. Will I move back to Vermont and help sort through things and get all the stuff that comes with death (closing accounts, life insurance, pay bills, go through their stuff, move the other parent, etc, etc, etc....) So yeah, I have been thinking about that- that's not a "what if" but "when".
As I was mowing the lawn tonight, looking at my Acadian flag, it made me think about something I had just recently heard about my Great-Grandfather Fournier- that he had committed suicide because the Klu-Klux Klan was harassing him. My great grandfather was born in the US to French Canadian, Catholic parents. He was married to a French Canadian woman and had 4 kids at the time of his death- my grandfather was the oldest and had to quit school in the 8th grade to work and take over the family grocery store. I want to know why this happened- I can't dwell on the "what if my great grandfather hadn't killed himself," but I can do is to find out why and teach others that the KKK isn't just a southern thing. I believe we need to learn about our past so that we can change the future, not make the same mistakes. I may write a book or another blog about my research into the KKK here in Maine, but we'll see.
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