Reunion Reflections on Lifetimes

We had our Reyes Reunion today. (Coincidence, but Tracy had a family reunion today too! ^_^) We had to cut our time with our cousins short because my Evil Aunt, who I'll hide under the name M, decided to make problems for everybody. She lives alone with my grandparents after my cousin's family moved out, and she's been terrorizing them ever since. Anyway, I'll give you a picture of tonight's scenario: The reunion was in Alabang. My grandparents were all ready to go home. Upon getting ready to board my aunts car, she got it in her head that both her parents weren't allowed to ride in her car. -__- And how, of course, will they go home? They were really tired and they felt cold cause we were having the reunion in a very open and very windy garage. She drove of, not caring how her parents will get to their shared house. Just Plain Horrible... >_<>_< And my lola is such a nice person. T_T Even Rob once commented that he rarely hears her laugh anymore, at least ever since my Uncle and his family, Tita Sandy, C, K, A, and J left. u_u Such a sad life... it reminded me of this particular fairy tale I once read in one of Cara's books.

There was once a young girl with a loving father and happy life. One day she came acros an old woman who asked her: Would you like to have good fortune now and bad luck later in life, or bad fortune now and good luck later? The young girl picked the latter and her entire life instantly fell apart. Her father died, they lost all their possesions, she was sold to some old hag to slavery, etc. Terribe life. For years she lived in misery. One day however, as she was walking to fetch something for the hag, a handsome prince spotted her and they got married. She then had a home even better than her first one and people who loved her. She died a happy life, after living most of her life in terrible sadness.

I think my gradma got the opposite deal... T___T She lived like a princess as a young girl, well almost. ^^; She was her father's favorite among her siblings, she REALLY excelled in any musical instrument she tried. She was a talented dancer, horseback rider, skater(!!!) and singer. She was incredibly pretty, and had a ton of suitors. She was much loved and she seemed to have it all... now her life seems so miserable even I feel sorry just thinking about it. u_u

I've always wondered as a kid what I would have picked had I been given the choice. I must admit this was one fairy tale that really stuck to my head. ^_^ Anyway, as I watch my grandma's story and compared it to how the fairy tale ended, I would have to say I'd rather end up like the fairy tale. ^_^ But then again, we aren't really given much of a choice on such things. Like Bea of IV-1 used to say: pie of luck *winks at V and S* You know what I mean. ^_^;