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Three Storytelling shorts, featuring "Who farted?"
Last week when I wrote about not having anything to write about, my daddy commented "I gave you a list of things to write about. Pick one." So with his permission, I present...
Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
A short story about how my daddy gave me away... When the minister asked,
"Who gives this woman to be married to this man?" Daddy proudly announced, "Her mother and I do."
The rest is history.
I have one of the Few Good Men...
Once upon a time, my daddy tried to marry me off to my brother's recruiter. On the day my brother's recruiter was coming to the house to meet my parents I happened to be home as well. We all answered the door. I had an attitude about my brother becoming a stereotyped knucklehead Marine...
Married at seventeen... Who does that?
Today my mom and dad celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary. I can't tell you how thrilled I am to share that they are still hanging.
You know what they say about meeting a man at the club - well it was a basement party.
Wordless Wednesday 2012
My dad and I had a big conversation last night during the election.
The simple life...
As I wrote this post, I heard Stevie Wonder singing and playing the keyboards; the base rocking the house from daddy’s huge speakers. I smelled sandalwood incense burning. I heard my mom talking on the telephone, envisioning the coiled cord stretched across the kitchen. I heard kids playing outside. I smelled baking bread, and spaghetti sauce simmering...
