Love Knows No Boundary

I said goodbye to my dad over the phone and not the usual in person that I would have liked. In his defense of why he didn't come home to see me leave, he said he was too busy at work. But I knew he deliberately decided to stay off, probably too ashamed to see me. A tear dropped down my cheek at that simple thought. Dad didn't know just how much I loved him, and despite what mom or anyone else thought about him, I didn't give a damn. The flight back from Detroit to the Los Angeles international airport was both tiring and exhausting. It turned out to last far longer than I had anticipated--over five hours instead of the four hours that I believed, but most importantly, I still had over two hours before the wedding. To kill the boredom, I had my airpods plugged in and listened to music play over and over again, watched some videos, played music again and slept a little. I was very excited and elevated when a flight attendant, a very husky young man, built like a football player annou

If it were April, I'd have ruled what was going on as a mere April fool's prank but it wasn't so. What was going on? Why was mom on the pulpit with her best friend, Uncle Richard? Where was Uncle Richard's wife? The questions formed in my mind in great numbers, even though answers were not forthcoming. Mom whirled and overlooked me with a beaming smile all over her face as if daring me to be happy for her, but I shot back a look that said otherwise. She returned her attention back to the priest who had now begun reading some scriptures, maybe from the gospel of Mathew or John or book of Isaiah, my senses weren't too clear to know.At that instant, I felt as much like running away from the church and never coming back, running as fast as I could back to my dad. "And do you take Richard Palmer to be your lawful wedded husband?". I strained my ear to hear what mom would say. She veered around and faced me again, but this time, the smile was no longer on her face, all that I saw was t

I woke up the following morning very eager and enthusiastic about school. While taking my bath in the bathroom, I sang so loud that I thought mom would come to check up on me, but I was glad when she didn't show up. I soon got dressed in my school uniform and as usual, spent the next five minutes observing myself in the mirror. "Good morning mom, good morning uncle Richard" I greeted him when I went downstairs. "Good morning sweetheart" they both chorused back. "Good morning sister Melina" Chris greeted me. I did not notice he was also there. "Good morning Chris" I greeted anyway. I wasn't hungry so I took just a cup of coffee and then said. "I'm ready mom" Everyone at the table turned and looked at me as if what I said didn't make sense. "What?. Why are you all staring at me like that?" I inquired but no one answered. Chris continued eating his food as if it was his last meal. "Is that all?. Aren't you going to eat something?". Mom asked at last. "I'm ok thanks," I said. "Sw