Party games at Kris’s 50th birthday party
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Tag: family
always best to tell the truth
Trenton’s right—I should have written this down sooner. Some of the details are becoming vague, but I’m going to do what I can. The thing is, living with the twins makes stories like these seem almost commonplace. Nonetheless, this one definitely deserves capture, if for nothing other than blackmail purposes… It must have sat by […]
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Truthfully, I don’t ever remember believing in Santa. I don’t say this to sound cynical and world-weary; them’s the facts. I do remember little seeds of doubt and disappointment: when I lost my first tooth and my dad woke me up replacing it with a dollar, when I spent Easter with my grandparents and they […]
Read more...forgive us our trespasses
My grandparents are Episcopalian and drive an hour out of town every Sunday in order to attend a service that condemns pretty much everyone. Remember that schism a couple years ago, when the Episcopal church was considering separating from the Anglican community in order to allow gay bishops? My grandparents have been hopping churches ever […]
Read more...in which our hero goes to some dark places
It is no longer a secret that last weekend, my grandfather backed over the family dog with his truck. To be fair, it was entirely an accident and he feels terrible. My grandfather feels terrible, that is, not the dog. The dog probably felt pretty bad at the time, but it’s a she. Was a […]
Read more...aaand we’re back
Sorry for the lapse, everybody. December was a crazy month. Just as I was settling back into life post-jury duty, I was stricken with what might have been the flu or TB, possibly bronchitis, perhaps the worst cold of my life, maybe even all four. I’m still hacking up pieces of lung every now and […]
Read more...Goobertown
This past weekend I drove down to Arkansas to see my cousin compete in an NCAA Division I bowling tournament. On the way down, we drove through a place called Goobertown, and Will narrowly escaped a fistfight with a one-armed man. True story. Emily bowls for the Lady Red Wolves at ASU and although she’s […]
Read more...allô allô je t’aime je t’aime
I can’t really explain why, but saying “I love you” has never been easy for me. Not to family, friends, or otherwise. It’s not that I don’t—I surely do—it’s just that I have trouble voicing the actual words. I can write it, no problem, but when I have to say it, often it comes out […]
Read more...part 1: rednecks at the expo center
Saturday was a long day. For years, my dad’s family has been meeting at the Kentucky State Fair on the second Saturday in August—the first weekend of the fair. Typically it’s my grandparents, my dad and his girlfriend Jody, my aunt Alicia, and her daughters (my cousins), Kealey and Ginny. Since the twins were born, […]
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