[Magdalen] I need to vent...

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Prayers.......

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:30 AM Richard S. Crawford <richard at underpope.com>
wrote:

> My sister has been dating her boyfriend for over six years. They recently
> got engaged, and have set a date: this coming New Year's Eve. Which also
> just happens to be my 50th birthday. We only found out on Saturday night.
> When I expressed surprised that my sister would schedule her wedding on my
> milestone birthday to my mom, my mom replied, "Don't worry, you'll be able
> to get home to see your admirers later in the day." It *is* a morning
> wedding, but my wife and I live nearly 150 miles away from the rest of my
> family, and we're not particularly keen on driving home from San Jose back
> to Sacramento on New Year's Eve, no matter what time of day. I suppose it
> is fortunate that my wife and I had only just started making plans for my
> birthday party that night... said party now to be scheduled a week later
> than originally planned.
>
> Last night my other sister pinged my wife on Facebook and said, "I can't
> believe our sister planned her wedding on my brother's 50th birthday." So
> I'm not the only surprised one in the family.
>
> So... I suppose I'm angry. At my sister, at her fiance, at my mom. I'm not
> used to feeling angry at my family, and it's messing with my head big time.
> I've been having trouble sleeping, and what-not.
>
> So... prayers, please, that I get over this anger quickly. I want to be
> happy for my sister, but my anger is overshadowing that.
>
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Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda