![]() He gives a half-smile and I can nearly picture him in overalls, opening up the gates to Even as others bump his shoulder to cover up “Ain’t love fine, I can’t help but notice my uncle’sĭistraction today. Taking place under a pink sunset due north of Iceland. “Lots more believers on the way!” Then he patted me on the head and skipped offĪnd so it is, another Sunday spent in the Bingo hall with my ragtag family, our reunion “Gotta keep expanding,” God said cheerily. ![]() But there’s alsoįorgetting that it’s trash pick-up night and missing your chance for another week, andĭiscovering that the bakery is already out of donuts by 8am, and the generalĪnnoyances of year-round construction and road work. Up zebra riding “Always had to be different,” my pappy announced. Yes, of course, there are fluffyĬlouds to ride, or really whatever you’d like. Whirs to life, and my family picks up their daubers with a “Hurrah!” People back homeĪssume that the perks of growing up in Heaven must include growing angel wings, but I’m here to tell you that it’s all more earthly than that. The numbers, thinking up some cutesy Bingo lingo to toss out. ![]() I take my place behind the microphone, dreaming up different voices to use to call out And that’s fine: Sheryl adds needed normalcy to my side. Graduation parties, had sprouted her own branch onto our family tree. (I do love theme nights!) She’s just one of those neighbors who,Īfter spending so many hours sitting around our picnic tables and attending our kids’ Yes, your self-generated blacklistĪnd then there’s Sheryl, who is actually not related to any of us represented on the 7pmįamily Reunion Game. I see she’s drinking an iced tea over there. When her bunker was finally blown at 58, she owed a cool $1.2 mil to That are floating in three feet of water, and therefore aren’t violating any statewide Poker Army, blitzing through many a floor in Vegas and even those silly midwest “ships” The creamy cow feed, rich with molasses and corn bits.Īs for my cousin, it really came down to all those casino runs. After heĭrank it down, clink-slurp-clink, he declared it “good medicine” and started passing out Every night after milking the cows, he rang up to the house for an icy glass of Alka-Seltzer. The first time my uncle went to a doctor’s office was for his toe tag fitting.
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