My Father Said I Was An Accident At A Family Barbecue Until I Responded

people had to come to him.

He told old stories. Man stories, the kind that started with I and ended with everyone else having been wrong. And around beer five he started in on family, on the son he had always wanted, on how things had not worked out the way he planned. Donna slid the sixth beer into his hand from behind like she was loading something.continue reading …