My Parents Took the $22,000 Hawaii Trip I Paid For

expression of a woman entering enemy territory with lip gloss.

My parents came last.

My mother looked nervous.

My father looked offended by the existence of everyone else’s furniture.

For a while, Brooke’s rule held.

No speeches.

No money.

No Hawaii.

The kids opened gifts. Tyler burned the first batch of rolls. Paul spent most of the afternoon looking at football.continue reading …