I grew up poor and my father couldn't get work one year so we had oranges as Christmas treats. It is sad we can't all get wonderful Christmas memories every year, but we need to be grateful for the memories.
My grandmother gave me a school book-bag that looked like a woman’s oversized handbag. When I unwrapped it, my brothers – even my dad – went silent. Grandma: “Do you like it? All of the boys by me have them.” My brother: “They must be some strange boys…” Dad: (to my brother) “Shaddap! (To me) “You OK?” He could see my eyes tearing-up. I was probably 11 or 12…..and I’m thinking: “Why is she giving me a large, woman’s handbag??? I’m a boy!!” She was annoyed/insulted, but she took it and promised to exchange it for something else. Decades later and I’m still ‘WTF???’
I grew up poor and my father couldn't get work one year so we had oranges as Christmas treats. It is sad we can't all get wonderful Christmas memories every year, but we need to be grateful for the memories.
My grandmother gave me a school book-bag that looked like a woman’s oversized handbag. When I unwrapped it, my brothers – even my dad – went silent. Grandma: “Do you like it? All of the boys by me have them.” My brother: “They must be some strange boys…” Dad: (to my brother) “Shaddap! (To me) “You OK?” He could see my eyes tearing-up. I was probably 11 or 12…..and I’m thinking: “Why is she giving me a large, woman’s handbag??? I’m a boy!!” She was annoyed/insulted, but she took it and promised to exchange it for something else. Decades later and I’m still ‘WTF???’
When I unwrapped it, my brothers – even my dad – went silent.
Grandma: “Do you like it? All of the boys by me have them.”
My brother: “They must be some strange boys…”
Dad: (to my brother) “Shaddap! (To me) “You OK?”
He could see my eyes tearing-up.
I was probably 11 or 12…..and I’m thinking:
“Why is she giving me a large, woman’s handbag??? I’m a boy!!”
She was annoyed/insulted, but she took it and promised to exchange it for something else.
Decades later and I’m still ‘WTF???’