Week 1 - Given the Circumstances

[watching_ships]

Exposition

I used to dream of what it would be like to have my grandmother in my life in some way beyond a biannual trip to her indoor flea market on Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas. We rarely visited her house, so I can only remember one with any kind of clarity-a screened in porch, the white paint was chipping off all over, and it smelled

Comments

[messygorgeous]

Family can be both awesome and complicated. I was closer to my grandmother than my mom, but then she passed when I was seven and everything changed. It wasn't until I was much older that I discovered the woman who hung my moon had been sleeping with a married man - my grandfather! - and my dad and three brothers were all born out of wedlock. I wish she had lived longer so I could have soaked up all the stories she must have had to tell!

[unmowngrass]

Beautiful, Elizabeth. I laughed out loud at you "not pressing" your Dad because of the murder. And your Dad's approach to the ashes. Well done!

[rayaso]

I really enjoyed this, and I would like to hear more about your family. I bet there are some interesting stories. I loved the ending, with Geno's ashes.

[bleodswean]

What a perfect ending. I wish we didn't have strict adherence for such things....

I really enjoyed the shape of this, your approach held me throughout!

[alycewilson]

I like how you told this through vignettes and framed it using storytelling terms.