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

He didn’t want a child. Not a son, not a daughter. He said we couldn’t afford it. He said he wasn’t ready. He said, and these are his exact words, kids are a money pit, I’d rather buy a boat.

I looked up for a moment. Rex’s face was doing something I had never seen it do. Not anger. Not the performed outrage he deployed when challenged. Something older continue reading …