I used to wear the suspenders. You know, the ones with horizontal rainbows. (Back when rainbows didn’t have duel meanings.) I used to separate my fingers; pointer and middle, with ring and pinky, and shake them furiously up and down with my cousin Kristy saying, “Na Nu Na Nu”. As children, “Mork from Mindy” was a […]
I get the call. “She is dead.” I reel for breathe and step back, to keep myself from swaying over at the shock of it all. “Really?” I question. Racking my brain to think, “What’s the date? Is this April’s fools day? Is there cameras hidden watching me? Am I on some reality t.v.?” But, even […]
One minute. Crowds cheering. Daughter rides peering. Sitting on a convertible. Waving to the crowds. Homecoming. Princess. A little more than twelve hours later. 8: 50 a.m. in the morning. Driving to Jazz Choir. To sing the National Anthem. Turns out onto a busy street. Gets swiped by a large truck. Spins wildly. Out of control. […]