“Did you miss our Father’s Day sale?” the ad on my phone asked. Not only did I miss the sale, I bypassed Father’s Day altogether. Another Dad’s Day has come and gone. This day dedicated to acknowledging dads usually swishes by me without much notice. Unless I happen to be on vacation, I always work …
My parents finally grew tired of attending my graduation ceremonies and finally gave up on them. They loved me but found it almost impossible to follow me from school to school. What started in Altus, Oklahoma, continued to Waco, Texas, to Ft. Worth, to Princeton, NJ, and to Louisville, Ky. It could have been worse: …
The bird didn’t fly away like I expected it would as I drove towards it. It floundered, fluttering in the middle of the road. I kept thinking, “It’ll fly,” as I slowed down. But it didn’t. Glancing in my rearview mirror, I saw it, its feathers scattered around it. “I should have stopped,” I thought. …