'Morina' Legend

I found two letters yesterday sent to my oldest brother from my Grandpa, when he was living in Kosova, while my family and I were all in Canda. My Grandpa (Baba Syl) emigrated to Canda in 1999 with us too, but returned shortly after because Canada wasn't his home, Kosova was and always will be. So I found these two letters and they made me realize a lot about life and living. And about the person that I should be, and the life I should live.

In these letters, my Grandpa talked about how you should always work hard and not depend on other people. He tells my brother to work hard and not worry about what people say because in this life, nobody wants to see other people do good, they only want themselves to do good. He says to focus on school and do good in life, so that people can't say that my father, who died, didn't leave anything or anyone good behind. In the second letter, he says that you shouldn't be lazy to work hard and do something in life. He said that he wishes that God gives us that determination to do something good in life for our father. And that we should always try and never give up, because we owe it to our father. In the end he said that he hopes that not only my oldest brother gets this letter, but everyone in between, all the way down to the youngest child, being me.

It feels good to say that I gt that letter too, that that letter somehow got sent my way too. It's unbelievable, how I found this letter while looking through papers that I was going to throw out. They were both folded into small squares, and it's as if I was meant to find these letters, because there was a chance that I would have just thrown them out because I wouldn't have seen them in the bundle of all the other papers and binders. But the letters were found, and it feels so good.

I will never forget these letters and what they said. I really needed these letters. They brought back memories of my Grandpa, whom I miss sooo much. I focus so much on missing my Dad, but the truth is that Imiss my Grandpa so much too. And I miss everyone else who I lost, including my Grandma, and my Grandparents on my Mom's side, and my two sisters who died before I was born, and my Dad's Uncle (Daja Bajrush) who was my favourite, and only got the chance to meet him on my first visit back to Kosova, and he died before I could go back again.

 

I say that I owe pursuing my dreams to my Father, which stands true and fact. But I  owe it to so many more people. I owe it to my whole family, alive and dead. And I just, I can't wait to make them happy and proud.
After all, I am a Morina, and we go way back. And there will forever be a 'Morina' Legend♥