Family. When you think of family, you think of people you’re close to or love unconditionally. Well, in my case it’s the complete opposite. The past few years, my family has basically dropped me off the face of the Earth. The worst part is, is that it was my grandparents. Out of all the people in the world, I never thought my grandparents would put me through so much pain.

I basically grew up with my grandparents. I was at their house almost everyday and I never thought they would do this to me. It all started when my uncle remarried a woman who had already had children. I was happy that my uncle found someone and I was even more excited that more people were joining the family. I never thought it would end like this though. You could tell at every family gathering that we were all treated differently.For example, each holiday we would all basically get the same things, the only difference was some were for boys and some for girls. Then I began to notice the gifts were drastically different and it was easy to tell. One time at Christmas my uncle (who is the same age as my brother) got the newest shoes and my brother got five dollars and a handful of candy. It just wasn’t fair. No, I was not jealous but, as the years went on I slowly continued to get cut out of the picture. It wasn’t just me. It was also my brother and parents. We stopped getting invited to family gatherings and they just stopped talking to us. At one point in time, we didn’t even know my uncle was having another kid. The sad part is, is that I still haven’t met her.

Not only have I tried to talk to them but, I even tried to talk to them in public and they acted like they didn’t even know me. I have tried to text my grandpa and he ignored me. I don’t know why I let it bother me but, it just hurts to know that they don’t love me the way I love them.

Although my parents have been there to support me, they haven’t been very helpful either. It all revolves around one thing, softball. Throughout the past few years, softball just isn’t as fun to me anymore. Don’t get me wrong I love it, but my parents are making me hate it.  And, I could never tell them because they have so many big plans for my future which revolves around softball. I just don’t want to let them down and I want to be successful.

Other than that, I’m extremely thankful to have my parents, brother, and most importantly my best friends in my life. Because in the end they will be the ones missing out on my life. They’ll regret it but, I guess for now, they don’t even care.