11-06-2017, 07:23 AM
(11-05-2017, 08:33 AM)Duchess Wrote:(11-04-2017, 01:44 PM)Donovan Wrote: I've lost pretty much everything more times than I can count. Pop used to do shit like telling us he was gonna go play pool, and we were leaving town when he came home, and whatever we could fit in the car we could keep. No exaggeration. We learned to carefully watch his behavioral "tells" for when he was gearing up to leave, and we would begin packing our most treasured items in small, easy to move boxes and put them in a closet. That way when the day came no matter how much or little warning we had we were ready.
I always want to hug little boy Donovan when I read this stuff :(
There were upsides. Saw a whole lot more of the country than many people get to. Had more than a few adventures . Never got permanent physical damage. There are horror stories of kids who had it way worse than me.
Thank god I am oblivious to the opinions of others while caught in the blinding splendor of my own cleverness.