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Three lost brothers reunite
If you've read any of my
more personal columns in
the past, it's safe to say I've
graduated from the School of
Hard Knox. This is no pity
pool, no poor me, because it
has made me who I am to this
day - a survivor. In better
terms, I guess I consider
myself a juggernaut when it
comes to life. That's how eve-
rybody should live, believe
me sometimes it gets hard
when you think of all the
messed up stuff you've seen
in your life. That's how this
planet called Earth is, it's
hard, nothing is easy, you
either roll with the punches
or get left behind. I used to
cry and complain like "oh my
mother was this" or "my dad
was that:' As I got older I
started to realize, whimpering
does nothing, and the world
does not care. Speaking of
fathers this was the main rea-
son why I was depressed. I
just wanted a father who I
could play catch with, teach
me about puberty, and girls.
Maybe watch a football game
on a Sunday, you know man-
to-man stuff. Rather than
Column
Shaun Gregory
spending time with me, my
pops, had other plans and
Shaun didn't seem to make
the cut in his busy schedule of
partying. Instead of feeling
sorry for myself, I started to
think of other ways to fill that
void of not having a father -fig-
ure. During the two weeks out
of 52, when my dad did make
an appearance, about
12 -beers deep and a mix of
prescription pills including
numerous types of opiates,
buzzed out of his mind he'd
say, "hey Shaunsky." I loved
when he called me that. "You
know you have two brothers."
Not really comprehending
the magnitude of the conver-
sation due to me being some-
where in the age of about
five -years -old, I never really
thought anything of it. I
would start to realize their
names as the years passed. By
the time I reached the legal
drinking age my dad died of
cirrhosis of the liver, go figure.
The funeral hit me like a ton
of bricks, for reasons
unknown to me. I still loved
the guy, even if he wasn't
around as much as a father
should be. Just to shed some
light on the story, my oldest
brother is 47, and my other
brother is 41 -years -old. What
do you know, we all have the
same dad but different moth-
ers, I just laughed to myself,
weren't you a treat dad, I
guess he liked to travel. On
the day of my dad's funeral
my brother who's now 41
approached me. We talked,
exchanged numbers, but me
being a young crap disturber,
I didn't give the guy the time
of day. My oldest sibling
didn't even make the funeral
because he had no contact
with our father and I don't
blame the guy. As time went
on it started to bother me.
Like, I have two brothers out
Thanks for 40 years Connie
Connie Marion has spent four decades at Seaforth's historic town hall.
Back then it was the municipality of Seaforth. Marion has chosen to retire
and she told the Expositor she's excited to take the summer off.
there. Screw it I said, I'm find-
ing these guys, we're blood
and it's never too late to build
a relationship. The search was
on. I looked in phone books,
411 websites on the Internet
and numerous other outlets.
Then I looked up on this well-
known Facebook page from
my hometown. Oh yeah in
case you were wondering the
hunt began only three
months ago. I typed in their
information, names, age and
who our father was and to my
luck 11 hours later I had their
names and the brother I had
met at the funeral privately
emailed me and was more
than willing to connect. Soon
after my oldest sibling called
me up. We have met twice
now and it was like we've
known each other for years.
It's crazy how life throws you
curve balls. My dad might not
have won Father of the Year,
but at least he created two
awesome brothers for me.
Signing out from Main Street,
Shaun AKA, the guy who can-
not change the past, but at
least I can improve the future
with my new brothers.
A local submitted this photo to the Expositor earlier in the
month. This is a photo after Seaforth's junior team won the
Western Ontario Finals. The captain holding the trophy is
the late Ron Mason.
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