American Pie

When Daddy Couldn’t Stay Dry

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We sat on the edge of my parent’s bed, lights off, a giant bowl of popcorn between us. I suspect our mom made the popcorn before she went off to work the night shift at DynaColor inspecting film as our father was incapable of boiling water… or holding down a steady job… or staying sober.

As a mother myself, I can only imagine how terribly distressed our mother must have felt about…