While celebrating Hoofer's graduation, Prodigal pointed out a list of items I made in a sudoku book I had used last year while visiting Auntie Upstream. Under the heading "A Measured Rebellion" the following was listed,
Mom - motorcycle
Dad - degree
Brother - marriage
Auntie U.- single malt
In addition, there was this inscription- "men mild, women wild."
The above list was a list of loss, to some degree, and my response to it. When mom died, I bought a motorcycle. When dad died, I returned to university to complete my degree. When my little bro died (all 250 lbs of him), I got married. When Auntie U. went to a nursing home and we were left with the job of cleaning up her house after 20 years of hoarding, I had my first drink of alcohol, single malt scotch oddly enough.
Prodigal thinks I should write a book about this. I think not!
Later, Mushers!
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