Dear Uncle

Dear Uncle Ronnie,

It’s been 5 months since you talked to my parents,

2 since you talked to me.

Did we do something wrong?

Is there a reason you don’t want to talk to me?

To my sister?

Why are you ignoring my grandma…your mom?

You know you’re all she thinks about;

You fill her thoughts from sunrise to sunset.

You’re the first and last thing on our minds…did you know that?

I hope you’re doing well, I would ask you myself but I’m not sure you’d answer.

I hope my cousin is ok;

I hope she knows that I exist and that she misses me.

I’m trying to stay strong, but it’s hard when you’re gone.

Thanksgiving is in a couple days, you won’t be there.

It’ll be the first Thanksgiving we haven’t spent together in 17 years.

I hope you have a good one.

Also, Merry Christmas; you won’t come then either.

And happy new year; I hope you can stick to your resolutions;

And maybe they involve you wanting to talk to me.

Maybe you’ll come watch me graduate.

If you think about it this whole thing started with a graduation party.

Maybe you just needed a year to process your thoughts.

Maybe by then everything will be fine and we’ll act like we used to.

Things will be normal again…

But I hope you know nothing will be normal ever again…even if you come back to our family.

From now on everything will be different; I hope you know that.

I want you to know that I still love you and I miss you ever day.

Goodbye for now

Love, Kaitlyn