#brad lobo

Dear Diary,

For Christmas this year, we visited Sulani to stay with Uncle Jupiter. It was the craziest Christmas ever! All my cousins were there - Evan, Brad, Misty, Nicole, and Cedar. I'm used to spending the winter holiday walking around on slushy streets, but instead, we were swimming and surfing! When there was a storm, we hung out inside and played games while the rain came pounding down outside. It was so cool, I wish I lived in Sulani, but Mom says university first.

Ever since the funeral - and meeting Jupiter’s new twins - Bella has gotten the idea that we’re ready for a baby. A baby! It’s hard to even imagine, in our little apartment, and with both of us so busy. Not to mention the most obvious problem - we’ve only got half of the means to make one.

But she’s really hopeful that we could make it work. Maybe it would be possible - not easy, but possible. And I know that I’d be a better mother than my mama was. I won’t let my child run wild all day, undisciplined and feral. I’d raise a highly-motivated and skilled individual. 

Sparrow’s moved to the city, and he’s living with his girlfriend, Lucia. They visited recently, looking for my blessing to get married. I’m not the oldest child, but with Jupiter off in Sulani, sometimes it feels like I am...

It was a small ceremony. I was surprised that Thistle, and Jupiter’s family chose to attend - but it is a big deal, I suppose, Sparrow getting married. Even for hippies and beach hippies. 

I got a call yesterday from Thistle. She told me that mama had passed away - very peacefully, only a few months after Grace and Alice. She had Thistle and Sparrow there to the end to take care of her. She was happy.