Jacob Wilson
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I come from the suburbs of Chicago and have a great interest in film and storytelling. I love reading books and comics and watching movies. One day I hope to make writing my career.
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A Hidden Life
I had an estranged relationship with my great aunt. Even after I was born she never saw me or my family. When I first learned as a little kid that she existed I wondered why she never came around for Christmas or other holidays. I'd ask my mom why we never saw great-aunt Evelyn. When I was little she’d give answers like she wasn’t feeling well or she was always busy without ever explaining anything about her or what was going on in her life. Later on I learned she hadn’t spoken to the family since her husband died when my mom was a teenager. That’s how it was all my life. My parents never saw her. My grandma only spoke with her occasionally over the phone, but never in person anymore. I think her funeral was the first time I had actually seen her face. So I was very confused to learn that I had received an inheritance of $20,000 from her after she died that was to be given to me after I turned eighteen.
By Jacob Wilson5 years ago in Families
