MY PARENTS INVITED ME TO A FANCY FAMILY DINNER

he made me sit at the head of the long table on the deck, the one over the dock my grandfather built, and he raised a beer and didn’t make it a speech. Just looked at me. Just nodded.

I colored that cartoon turkey, by the way. The paper placemat. I kept it. It’s on my fridge.

Orange. I made the turkey orange.

Sometimes you keep the small ugly thing so continue reading …