CHAPTER THREE: TELL ME YOUR STORY
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Yesterday night I got into a fight with my partner. I honestly can’t remember what
the fight was about, but we stormed off angrily as we said good bye. It was the
first fight that we hadn’t made up from immediately. This morning when I woke
up, I felt a strange battle between remaining angry at them and trying to be the
bigger person for the sake of the relationship and making up; but eventually the
latter took over. I’m glad it did, because I honestly don’t think that I have it in me to
remain angry at them for so long.
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I am blessed with three grandfathers. Three grandfathers
you ask? Long story made short. My dad was adopted at
birth by a couple in Toronto. My Dad’s birth parents
were from Saskatchewan and only 18 at the time. We all
connected again years later to only find out that the
young pair had gotten married and had a family and always
wondered about their baby out there in the world!
Well one winter weekend in my late highschool years. My
grandfather from Saskatchewan(a farmer by day) and my
mothers father(a printing press business owner) and I all
jumped into the family minivan and headed over to Home
Depot to grab some needed items for a project waiting at
home.
We rolled into the parking lot and my grandfather Richard
(printer) pulled into the handicap parking spot, gave a
wink to my grandfather Ronald and they whipped open their
doors and hopped out of the van. As I watched them make
their ways to the Home Depot Entrance doors I can’t help
but laugh my ass off as these two old grandpas proceed to
act crippled and hobble into the store. I laughed so hard
because those two men where two of the few strongest men
I have ever got to know and love. They have since passed,
but I will always remember them and their joke!
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