My Last Trip to Welch, West Virginia (I’m Dark & Hell is Hot)
Alright, so here’s how all this shit sadly went down. My wife’s grandmother has been sick for a long time but we haven’t herd anything about how bad it was until two weeks ago. We found out she had lung cancer & she wouldn’t make it to the end of May. Which is a shame cuz I liked her grandmother. She didn’t take shit from anyone & always showed me love. She also had nothing but distain for my wife’s step-father which was a plus. So we were thinking we’d go out there in a week or so to see her. Well only a few days after we found out about her cancer she passed. It was devistating especially since my grandmothers cancer just came back & is apparently worse than before. It was a trying few days for my wife & me. I somehow managed to take emergency leave for three days & we drove out to WV late Sunday for her funeral Monday afternoon.
When we drove into Welch I told my wife “Damn, you’d expect to see Trump stickers all over peoples cars.”. To which my wife responded “Theres no need, everyone here supports him. How do you think he won?!”. Welp, she’s got a point there. Trump winning however doesn’t seem to of changed things. If anything it’s worse thanks to the “Opioid Epidemic”. Saw a fair share of skeletal folks out there. By now all the coal mines are gone so the economy plummeted even lower. Could of swore this fuck promised to bring back the coal mines. Nope, he pulled that Vince McMahon higher power shit..
“You all bought it! Hook, line, & sinker!”
My wife’s uncle invited us to stay with him. She has two of them & they both are cool. Tho the one we stayed with is probably my favorite out the whole family. Always down to earth, cool as fuck & the only person in her family I never had to keep my guard up with. She also has an aunt I never met but ever since we been married has hated the fact that I’m black. So much so that she severed all contact with my wife since she found out we were married. That was almost 12 years ago. She was quoted by her brother as saying she didn’t approve of my wife’s “lifestyle”. Yea ok. I’m sure being pilled out & cheating on your husband with your drug dealer isn’t a good lifestyle choice either, but I digress.
We stayed at the same house my wife’s family lived... & it actually wasn’t bad. Dude made some good home improvements on the house. It was like day & night compared to how it was last time I was there. His wife is cool too. Any wife that rolls a blunt for her husband is cool in my book. Lol. Being there this time wasn’t bad at all. The funeral itself might not even count as a funeral. The grandmother requested to be cremated so there was no body to speak of. Also most of the family didn’t show up due to scheduling conflicts... & the fact that in July they plan on scarttering her ashes. Meaning that all these people I talked about on here. My crazy sister in laws, my wife’s immediate family, uncles, aunt. Everyone will be at this thing. I keep telling my wife & she agrees it could be some shit hitting the fan there. Everyone in some form or another has beef with each other in this family.
The uncles have beef but I honestly believe they will try to patch it up in one form or another. Her aunt has beef with everyone thanks to her higher than thou attitude (figuratively & literally). Oh, an she don’t like my black ass. My wife’s older sister and her can’t stand each other & at some point I might have to pull them apart. My mother in law would probably be ok if it wasn’t for the fact that she’s STILL with my wife’s step-father even after all that shit he did. No one likes this fuck. To the extent that my wife’s uncles purposely didn’t use his name in their mother’s obituary when listing the family. In 12 years of being with this woman I’ve never seen her entire family at the same place at the same time. There’s been a reason for that, since throughout that time there’s always been drama. Now all this combustible elements are gonna come together... I can’t wait.
Y’all thought I was gonna end this without any racist shit happening to us didn’t you? Welp, you’re wrong.
To be continued...