What a lovely day!! It’s Saturday morning and I am heading to my auntie’s house in the east side of the city, her only son had died two weeks ago, she still at a lost as to what caused his death. Ulysses, my cousin, had enrolled in the military just to prove to his dad that he wasn’t a sissy man, he could no longer take the pressure and constant put downs, so one day he thought he will prove the world wrong and joined the tank forces. His death is believed to have come from a result of rats urinating on the corn, rice and beans that the cadets ate at the base. Since I haven’t really sat down to pay my condolences to my aunt I am taking this opportunity to do so, it’s not going to be an easy task since this tragedy still fresh in everyone’s mind.Javier:Hello! Good morning aunt Lila! Aren’t we having a nice day? I woke up to the harmonious singing of the birds we have in my yard, I just new that it was the birds’ way of telling me to wake up and enjoy this lovely day.Lila:Yes, I do agree with you. It seems as though I am finally going to have something to cheer for, something that might bring joy to this house, and I am not talking only about this day we are having but your presence here! I certainly do appreciate your taking this time to share some of your spare time with this old lady that hasn’t had much to live for these past days.Javier:Do not feel that way, I know for a fact that my cousin Ulysses would have wanted for you to be happy and proud of his achievements, even if it meant his death in doing so.Lila:Yes, I talk to him every night and that is exactly what I have concluded from our conversations, he’s told me how he wants me to be happy and that I shouldn’t mourn him at all cause he is very much alive. I have decided to build a beautiful memorial at his tomb so he could see that he is always with us now and forever.Javier:What good is it now? He is gone...
