Uncaged Canines
Photo by Fredrik Öhlander on Unsplash Family History Month in October always brings family stories to mind. Fortunately, most of the stories I remember are humorous. Perhaps I have forgotten the ones that are not. My father was a writer, and many of his pieces were humor. When I was a small girl, my Father joined my Grandfather in his hardware business. My Grandfather, in addition to operating his hardware business was the Mayor of our small town. My Father soon was elected to the City Council. My Grandmother had founded the first church in the community. My Grandmother was the most dignified lady you could imagine. Even her husband called her “Mrs. _______.” We lived in an apartment above the hardware store. My Grandparents lived downstairs, behind the store. The windows of my parents’ bedroom overlooked the highway in front of the store and beyond that, there was a ditch separating the high...