After I came out from the bathroom during my family’s weekend retreat, my family noticed that had changed into comfortable red fleece bug-eyed penguins pajamas with matching velvet penguin flipflops. Anyu looked at me up and down and made the same face she always makes when she’s disappointed. “Stephie…had yer boyfriend seen dose pee-zamas?” “Yes, […]
No one ever calls my home phone number except for telemarketers and my mother. After listening to six “very urgent messages about your car’s warranty,” I finally heard a familiar voice: Hallo, Stephanie….dis is your modder. Don’t forget, today is April Fooled, so be careful nobody puts poison in your food. Wow. Next March 31st, […]
Anyu and I were talking one day after finding out that a friend from church lost her daughter in a tragic train accident. My mother was discussing some of the funeral details, and then she looked right at me and said, “You know, it would be just terrible to lose a daughter like dat. But […]
