My family owned a grocery and hardware store in a small eastern Kentucky coal mining town in the 1960s. I worked in the store during my high school years, so I knew just about everybody in town. My family consisted of my father and mother, a sister, Julie who was two years older than I
The Anniversary Present by abruzzi11
Young teen loses his virginity to lonely wife. I threw a few cans of potted meat, sardines, and some crackers in my knapsack and told mom I would be home Sunday. She knew that a few of us guys would go hunting on the weekends, so she was o.k. with me leaving. The only thing
Grandma's Funeral by abruzzi11
Uncles and aunts, and brothers and sisters all gathered at the homeplace later for a dinner and a reunion of sorts. I got into a conversation with a nephew I had never met before, Jeff, who lived in a city a few hours away from my home. I mentioned that I had would be visiting